Palmyra

See also: palmyra

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pælˈmaɪɹə/

Proper noun

Palmyra

(historical) an ancient Aramaic oasis-city in Syria, on the site of present-day Tadmor
a city in Missouri, USA, and the county seat of Marion County.
a CDP in Virginia, USA, which is the county seat of Fluvanna County.

Translations

city

Arabic: تُدْمُر‎‎ (tudmur), تَدْمُر‎‎ (tadmur)
Aramaic: ܬܕܡܘܪܬܐ‎‎
French: Palmyre (fr) f
Greek: Παλμύρα (Palmýra)
Ancient Greek: Παλμύρα (Palmúra), Παλμίρα (Palmíra)
Hebrew: תַּדְמוֹר‎‎ (tadmor)
Hungarian: Palmüra

Italian: Palmira (it) f
Latin: Palmȳra f, Palmīra f
Portuguese: Palmira f
Russian: Пальми́ра (ru) f (Palʹmíra)
Scots: Palmira
Spanish: Palmira (es) f

Anagrams

palmary

Latin

Alternative forms

Palmīra

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra).

Proper noun

Palmȳra f (genitive Palmȳrae); first declension

Palmyra (ancient city in modern Syria, capital of the Palmyrene Empire)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Palmȳra
genitive	Palmȳrae
dative	Palmȳrae
accusative	Palmȳram
ablative	Palmȳrā
vocative	Palmȳra
locative	Palmȳrae

References

Palmyra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Palmyra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Proper noun

Palmyra f

Obsolete spelling of Palmira (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

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