h 4 o 1 m 3 s 1
4 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
originFrom a variant romanization of North Levantine Arabic حمص (Ḥumṣ), from Arabic حِمْص (Ḥims), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἔμεσᾰ (Émesă), ultimately from Aramaic חֲמָת (Ḥamāth, “hindrance, frustration, fortress”) + צובָא (Ṣōwḇā, “near, surrounding, station”). Doublet of Emesa.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0