Tyre

See also: tyre

English

Etymology 1

From Latin Tyrus, from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤓 (ṣr /⁠Ṣur⁠/, “rock”) (), after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. Compare Aramaic טוּרָא / ܛܘܪܐ (ṭūrā, “mountain, high territory”), Akkadian 𒌷𒀫𒊒 (^URUṣur-ru /⁠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.

Alternative forms

• Tyrus

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Tyre

1. A 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.
2. An unincorporated community in Austin Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, United States, named after the biblical Tyre.
3. A town and hamlet therein, in Seneca County, New York, United States, named after Tyre, Lebanon.

Related terms

• Tyrian

Translations

an ancient sea port and city state of Phoenicia

• Amharic: ጢሮስ (ṭiros)
• Arabic: صُور (ṣūr)
• Aramaic: ܨܘܪ
• Armenian: Տյուրոս (Tyuros)
• Azerbaijani: Tir
• Belarusian: Тыр (Tyr)
• Bulgarian: Тир (Tir)
• Catalan: Tir
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泰爾 / 泰尔 (zh) (Tài'ěr), 推羅 / 推罗 (Tuīluó), 提洛 (Tíluò), 蘇爾 / 苏尔 (zh) (Sū'ěr)

• Coptic: ⲧⲩⲣⲟⲥ (turos)
• Czech: Týros
• Dutch: Tyrus, Sur
• Egyptian: (ḏꜣwr)
• Finnish: Tyros
• French: Tyr (fr)
• Georgian: ტვიროსი (ṭvirosi)
• German: Tyrus, Tyros
• Greek: Τύρος (el) (Týros)

  Ancient: Τύρος f (Túros)

• Hebrew: צור (he)
• Hungarian: Türosz (hu)
• Irish: Tuír f
• Italian: Tiro (it)
• Japanese: ティルス (Tirusu)
• Korean: 티레 (Tire)
• Latin: Tyrus
• Latvian: Sūra
• Malayalam: സോർ (sōṟ)
• Lithuanian: Tyras
• Ottoman Turkish: صور (sur)
• Persian: صور (fa) (Sur)
• Phoenician: 𐤑𐤅𐤓 (ṣwr)
• Plautdietsch: Tierus
• Polish: Tyr (pl)
• Portuguese: Tiro
• Romanian: Tir
• Russian: Тир (Tir)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Тир m, Сур m

  Roman: Tir m, Sur m

• Slovak: Tyros
• Slovene: Tir m
• Spanish: Tiro (es)
• Swahili: Tiro
• Swedish: Tyros
• Tagalog: Tiro
• Turkish: Sur (tr)
• Ugaritic: 𐎕𐎗 (ṣr)
• Ukrainian: Тір m (Tir)
• Uzbek: Tir
• Welsh: Tyrus m

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Tyre (plural Tyres)

1. A surname
2. A male given name.

See also

• McIntyre
• Tirey
• Tyree
• Tyreese
• Tyrese

See also

• Tire
• Tyree

Anagrams

• reyt, tyer, Tyer, Trey, trey, trye