Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun damascus

1 sense of damascus

Sense 1
Dimash, Damascus, capital of Syria -- (an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul) underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus)
       INSTANCE OF=> national capital -- (the capital city of a nation)