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English term or phrase:	Damascus
Greek translation:	Δαμασκός
Entered by:	Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi

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10:11 Sep 29, 2006

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Geography

English term or phrase: Damascus

city in Virginia, USA

Evangelia Tantalidou KudoZ activity Questions: 107 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 0
Local time: 19:45

Δαμασκός

Explanation:
Δαμασκός στην πολιτεία της Βιρτζίνια

Έτσι θα το έλεγα εγώ. Τώρα, ως προς το γραμματικό μέρος, εξαρτάται από την πρότασή σου.

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Note added at 13 mins (2006-09-29 10:24:41 GMT)
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Είναι μία πολύ μικρή πόλη (981 κάτοικοι το 2000)
http://www.city-data.com/city/Damascus-Virginia.html

Όσο για τη σύγχιση, γι' αυτό συμπληρώνω το "στην πολιτεία της Βιρτζίνα"

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Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
Greece
Local time: 19:45

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Δαμασκός

Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi

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Δαμασκός

Georgios Paraskevopoulos

Discussion entries: 5

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peer agreement (net): +6

damascus

Δαμασκός

Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
Greece
Local time: 19:45
Native speaker of:

Greek,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: Φοβάμαι μήπως υπάρξει σύγχυση με την άλλη Δαμασκό, αλλά, δεν τη βρίσκω πουθενά σε χάρτες (την πόλη των ΗΠΑ)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Daphne Theodoraki: Πολύ έξυπνη απόδοση η επεξήγηση "στην πολιτεία της Βιρτζίνια". Καλησπέρα!

14 mins

-> Ευχαριστώ, Δάφνη μας. Όντως αυτές οι πόλεις των ΗΠΑ με τα ονόματα πολύ γνωστών, ιστοριών πόλεων απαιτούν επεξήσηγηση. Καλησπέρα και καλό Σ/Κ

agree

Assimina Vavoula

44 mins

-> Ευχαριστώ, Μίνα. Καλό Σ/Κ!

agree

Maria Karra

11 hrs

-> Ευχαριστώ, Μαρία μας. Καλησπέρα!

agree

Georgios Paraskevopoulos: Συμφωνώ απόλυτα με ΔΑΜΑΣΚΟΣ τη στιγμή που υπάρχει το όνομα αυτό στην Ελληνική /? Επίσης καλό Σ/Κ

23 hrs

-> Ευχαριστώ, Γιώργο. Καλό Σ/Κ!

agree

ELEFTHERIA FLOROU

1 day5 hrs

-> Ευχαριστώ, Ελευθερία. Καλή μέρα και καλή βδομάδα!

agree

Sophia Finos

2 days8 hrs

-> Ευχαριστώ, Σοφία. Καλή μέρα και καλή βδομάδα!

1 day22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Δαμασκός

Explanation:
What's the meaning of Damascus

Rooftops of modern Damascus
Source: Wikipedia.org

Controversial explanations have been made to guess etymological origin of the name of the Syrian capital city. Some hold that �damashaq� means the fast-moving camel and the name was given because the building of the city was completed swiftly. Others believe it was named after Damashaq the great grandson of Sam son of Noah, who built the city.

Still others presume that the Romans called it �Dumuskus� which means the double musk. Or perhaps the name was taken from Hermes son in Greek mythology who came over to Syria. In Aramean the name might have been derived from Dermask or dersauk as (E deim) means land and (mask) means (red) in Syriac.

Whatever the etymological origion of the word, Damascus remains, as ever (the eye of the whole east) as the Roman Julianus described the greatness of the city.

Under the Roman it was a chief town, and later the fortress of Bilad-Al-Sham, and the passage to Mecca, the pavilion of all Muslims and God�s paradise on earth have never seen anything so extensive as its orchard, so good as its fruits and so plentiful as its water. It is said the water is so abundant that a fountain can be found in every house.

Some historical sources say that the name of Damashaq (Damascus) is derived from the Aramaic word (dam shaq) which means a town built on the rock where the blood of Mash, the fourth son of Aram Bin Sam Bin Noah, flowed soon after a heavy blow by his brother Aws deeply cut Mash�s head. The fight between the two brothers broke out when they could not come into agreement on the name of the new town, some historians had different illustrations with regard to the name of (Dimashaq).

The old city of Damascus still preserve its graphical and historical aspects, the high wall which protects the old city of Damascus is crystal clear until today.

The citadel was built during the Seljuk rule, and rebuilt during Saladdin rule. It occupies an area of land estimated by 220x190 square meters. It has 13 towers. Nureddin tower in the south west part of the wall, was built in 1168 A.D. Al-saleh Ayoub tower was built in 1248 A.D. There are several gates to the city, some of them date back to the Roman era. Bab Touma and Bab Sharqi are perhaps the most oldest and famous gates of the old city of Damascus. Damascus museum, souk Al-Hamidieh and several other souks, palaces, Khans, and old schools and Bimarestans are additional attraction in the old city of Damascus.

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Η πόλη ήταν γνωστή στους αρχαίους Έλληνες από την μυθολογική εποχή.

Προφανώς συμβαίνει το ίδιο και με την πόλη Αθήναι (Athens, Ohio) όπως και με όλες τις άλλες πόλεις που φέρουν ονόματα ιστορικά.

Η γμώμη μου είναι όπου υπάρχει Ελληνική ονομασία να τηρηθεί.

Οι βαθμοί να πάνε στη φίλη μου Νάντια. Εγώ εδώ και παρα πολύ καιρο δεν ασχολούμαι με το PROZ.

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες βλ. συνημμένες ιστοσελίδες

Reference: http://www.oldamascus.com/damas.htm
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus

Georgios Paraskevopoulos
Local time: 19:45
Native speaker of:

Greek,

Swedish

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