Palmyra

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra). For more see Palmyra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Pronunciation === (UK, US) enPR: păl-mīʹrə, IPA(key): /pælˈmaɪ.ɹə/ Hyphenation: Pal‧my‧ra Rhymes: -aɪɹə === Proper noun === Palmyra An ancient city, an oasis in the Syrian Desert, in present-day central Syria, recorded historically from around 2000 BCE, subsequently subject to various empires and destroyed in 273 CE and again in 1400, when it was reduced to a village. A city, the county seat of Marion County, Missouri, United States. A census-designated place, the county seat of Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Palmyra Township. ==== Usage notes ==== (ancient city): The inhabitants of the remnant village were relocated in 1932, during the French Mandate of Syria, to a new village nearby called Tadmur (from the old Palmyrene and Arabic name for Palmyra). ==== Derived terms ==== Northern Palmyra North Palmyra (township) Palmyran ==== Related terms ==== Palmyrena Palmyrene Palmyrenian ==== Translations ==== === See also === Tadmorean === Anagrams === palmary == German == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Palmyra n (proper noun, genitive Palmyras or (optionally with an article) Palmyra) Palmyra (ancient Semitic city in modern Syria) ==== Derived terms ==== Palmyrer palmyrisch ==== Related terms ==== Palmyrene Palmyrener palmyrenisch == Latin == === Alternative forms === Palmīra === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [paɫˈmyː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [palˈmiː.ra] === Proper noun === Palmȳra f sg (genitive Palmȳrae); first declension Palmyra (ancient Semitic city in modern Syria) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === 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. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Palmȳra, from Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /palˈmɘ.ra/ Rhymes: -ɘra Syllabification: Pal‧my‧ra === Proper noun === Palmyra f (historical) Palmyra ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Palmyra”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Palmyra f pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Palmira