Meaning

noun a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

noun hoop that covers a wheel

originFrom Latin Tyrus, from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤓 (ṣr /⁠Ṣur⁠/, “rock”) (), after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. Compare Aramaic טוּרָא / ܛܘܪܐ (ṭūrā, “mountain, high territory”), Akkadian 𒌷𒀫𒊒 (ᵁᴿᵁṣur-ru /⁠Ṣurru⁠/), Tarifit aẓru (“rock”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵥⵔⵓ (aẓru, “stone”), Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣Vrr- (“flint”). Cognate to Arabic صُور (ṣūr),…

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