Homs

English

Alternative forms

• Hems, Hums (dated)

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŏms, IPA^(key): /hɒms/

Proper noun

Homs

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

Synonyms

• Emesa (historical)

Derived terms

• Homsi

Translations

city in Syria — see also Emesa

• Arabic: حِمْص f (ḥimṣ)

  North Levantine Arabic: حمص (ḥomṣ)

• Armenian: Հոմս (Homs)
• Azerbaijani: Hüms (az)
• Bengali: হিমস (himoś)
• Bulgarian: Хомс m (Homs)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 霍姆斯 (zh) (Huòmǔsī)

• Czech: Homs m
• Finnish: Homs
• French: Homs (fr) m

  Old French: Hames

• German: Homs (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Ἔμεσα (Émesa), Χέμψ (Khémps)

• Hebrew: חוֹמְס f (khoms)
• Hindi: होम्स m (homs)
• Hungarian: Homsz (hu)
• Italian: Homs
• Japanese: ホムス (Homusu)
• Korean: 홈스 (homseu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: حومس (ḧumis)

• Latin: Emesa, Emessa
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: حُمْص (homs)

• Portuguese: Homs f
• Romanian: Homs
• Russian: Хомс (ru) m (Xoms)
• Tajik: Ҳимс (Hims)
• Thai: ฮอมส์ (hɔɔm)
• Turkish: Humus

  Ottoman Turkish: حمص (hıms)

• Ukrainian: Хомс m (Xoms)
• Urdu: حُمْص m (hums)
• Uyghur: ھىمس (hims)
• Uzbek: Hims

Anagrams

• H.M.S.O., HMOs, OHMS, mhos, mosh, ohms

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦoms]

Proper noun

Homs m inan (relational adjective homský, demonym Homsan, female demonym Homsanka)

1. Homs (a city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria)
2. Homs (a governorate in western Syria)

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔms/

Proper noun

Homs ?

1. Homs (a city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria)
2. Homs (a governorate in western Syria)

Derived terms

• homsiote
• Homsiote

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɔms]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Homs n (proper noun, genitive Homs' or (with an article) Homs)

1. Homs (a city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria)
2. Homs (a governorate in western Syria)

Derived terms

• Homser
• Homserin

Portuguese

Proper noun

Homs f

1. Homs (a city, the capital of the governorate of Homs, in western Syria)
2. Homs (a governorate in western Syria)