Tyre

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 Tyre, Lebanon on Wikipedia

From Latin Tyrus, from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤓 (ṣr /⁠Ṣur⁠/, rock) (צר), after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. Compare Aramaic טוּרָא / ܛܘܪܐ (ṭūrā, mountain, high territory), Akkadian 𒋗𒊒 (Ṣurru), Tarifit aẓru (rock), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵥⵔⵓ (aẓru, stone), Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣Vrr- (flint). Cognate to Arabic صُور (ṣūr), Hebrew צוֹר (Tzor), Tiberian Hebrew צר (Ṣōr), Turkish Sur.

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Tyre

  1. (historical) A former city in Lebanon, a major port on the Levantine Sea that was a city-state in Phoenicia in antiquity and the capital of the Kingdom of Jerusalem during the Middle Ages.
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Tyre (plural Tyres)

  1. A surname
  2. A male given name

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