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Nov 28, 2009
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Da•mas•cus



Pronunciation: (du-mas'kus), [key]
n.
a city in and the capital of Syria, in the SW part: reputed to be the oldest continuously existing city in the world. 936,567. French, Damas.

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DamascenusDamascus steel
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