Tyre

Tyre

See also: tyre

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤓‎ (ṣr /Ṣur/, “rock”) (), after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. Compare Latin Tyrus, Akkadian 𒋗𒊒 (Ṣurru). Cognate to Arabic صُور‎ (ṣūr), Hebrew צוֹר‎ (Tzor), Tiberian Hebrew צר‎ (Ṣōr), Turkish Sur.

Alternative forms

• Tyrus

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Tyre

1. (historical) A city state in Phoenicia in Levant, Western Asia, on the Mediterranean An ancient sea port and city state of Phoenicia, in present-day 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: 泰尔 (zh) (Tài'ěr), 推罗 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 Lithuanian: Tyras 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

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

• Trey, Tyer, trey, trye, tyer