عمواس

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Hebrew חמת (ḥammat, hot spring) directly or via Byzantine Greek and/or Arabic.

Proper noun

عمواس (Amvas)

  1. (historical) Emmaus (a former city in the West Bank, Palestine)

Synonyms

References

  • Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Amvas”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 38