damascena
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A historical region of Syria. Capital: Damascus.
Example Sentences
- "Beſides this, all Judæa and Iſrael were now maſtered to his hands; all the Arabians his borderers, the Syrians of Zobah, of Damaſcena, of Palmyrena, of Ituræa; all of Idumæa, Moab, and Ammon, paid him tribute; as likewiſe did the Hittites, who with the Perizzites, Hevites, Jebuſites, and other races of the Canaanites, were not as yet extinguiſhed, though ſubjected."
- "Damascus, dă-masˈ-cus, an ancient and wealthy city of Damascena, dă-mas-cēˈ-na, the district of Syria near Mount Libănus."
Etymology
From Latin Damascēna, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκηνή (Damaskēnḗ).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Damascēna, Δαμασκηνή
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Damascenian