Palmyra

专有名词
中文释义
英 /pælˈmaɪ.ɹə/    美 /pælˈmaɪ.ɹə/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. 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.
    — In the mid-fifth century B.C. Herodotus (1:131; 3.8) mentioned the importance of the cult of Al-Ilât, i.e. Allat, in ancient Arabia. Her sanctuary at Palmyra (Pl. XVII), excavated in the 1970s by the Polish mission, is in the neighborhood of the temple of Baal Shamin and lends a special character to the city's western quarter, in which Arab tribes settled during the second century B.C.
  2. A city, the county seat of Marion County, Missouri, United States.
  3. A census-designated place, the county seat of Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States.
  4. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Palmyra Township.

词汇关系

衍生词
Northern Palmyra North Palmyra Palmyran
相关词
Palmyrena Palmyrene Palmyrenian Tadmorean

词源

From Ancient Greek Παλμύρα (Palmúra). For more see Palmyra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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