English
Palmyra
Palmyra comes from Ancient Greek Παλμύρα.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΠαλμύραPalmúra
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Palmyra
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΠαλμύραPalmúra
- Englishearliest quotation 1979Palmyra
Earliest quotation: 1979, Javier Teixidor, The Pantheon of Palmyra: “In the mid-fifth century B.C. Herodotus (1:131; 3.8) mentioned…”
The story
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Every English word from Ancient Greek Παλμύρα
Today it means
name An ancient city, an oasis in the Syrian Desert, in present-day central Syria, recorded historically from around 2000 BCE, subsequently subject to various empires and destroyed in 273 CE and again in 1400, when it was reduced to a village.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Παλμύρα / Palmyra