Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homs

/hɒms/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: homs
IPA: /hɒms/

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

A governorate in western Syria.

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: حمص, حِمْص, Ἔμεσᾰ, חֲמָת

Inflected Forms

Hems (alternative, dated) Hums (alternative, dated)

Derived Forms

Homsi

Synonyms

Emesa

Rhymes With

bombs moms palms toms calms qualms brahms proms roms coms pogroms hommes

Questions

How do you pronounce homs?: The recorded pronunciation is /hɒms/.
What does homs mean?: A city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria.
Where does homs come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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