Homs

Homs

English

Alternative forms

• Hems, Hums (dated)

Etymology

From North Levantine Arabic حمص‎ (ḥomṣ). Doublet of Emesa.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŏms, IPA^(key): /hɒms/

Proper noun

Homs

1. The third largest city in Syria; capital of Homs Governorate.

Synonyms

• Emesa (historical)

Derived terms

• Homsi

Translations

city in Syria

Arabic: حِمْص‎ (ḥimṣ) North Levantine Arabic: حمص‎ (ḥomṣ) Armenian: Հոմս (Homs) Azerbaijani: Hüms (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 霍姆斯 (zh) (Huòmǔsī) Czech: Homs Finnish: Homs French: Homs (fr) Old French: Hames German: Homs (de) Greek: Ancient: Ἔμεσα (Émesa), Χέμψ (Khémps) Hungarian: Homsz (hu) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Ottoman Turkish: حمص‎ (Hıms) Portuguese: Homs f Russian: Хомс (ru) m (Xoms) Turkish: Humus Uyghur: ھىمس‎ (hims)

Anagrams

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦoms]

Proper noun

Homs m

1. Homs (a city in Syria)

Derived terms

• Homsan
• Homsanka
• homský

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔms/

Proper noun

Homs ?

1. Homs (a city in Syria)

Derived terms

• homsiote
• Homsiote

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɔms]

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Proper noun

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

1. Homs (a city in Syria)

Derived terms

• Homser
• Homserin

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Homs f

1. Homs (a city in Syria)