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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)
- (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