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Vinony

Homs

proper noun

  1. city in Syria
  2. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /hɒms/

name

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.

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