Damascus - Meaning of Damascus

What does Damascus mean?

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Damascus

[ 3 syll. da-mas-cus, dam-asc-us ] The baby boy name Damascus is pronounced DAHMAESKAHS †. Damascus' origin is Old Greek. Damascus is a variant of Damaskenos (Greek).

See also the related category greek.

Damascus is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Damascus include Dagnea, Decimos, Demissee, Demissey, Demissi, Demissie, Demissy, Dezmea, Dionis (Spanish), Dionys (German), Domingos (Portuguese), Domonic, Domonick, Domonik, Domonkos (Hungarian), Donough (Irish), Dusanek (Czech), Dyonis (Greek), Danousek (Czech), and Diogenes.

† English pronunciation for Damascus: D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"