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Homs.

A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.

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Meaning & usage

name/hɒms/
  1. A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.

  2. A governorate in western Syria.

Where this word comes from

From a variant romanization of North Levantine Arabic حمص (Ḥumṣ), from Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”). Doublet of Emesa.

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