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Palmyra (/ p æ l ˈ m aɪ r ə / pal-MY-rə; Palmyrene: 𐡶𐡣𐡬𐡥𐡴 (), romanized: Tadmor; Arabic: تَدْمُر, romanized: Tadmur) is an ancient city in the eastern part of the Levant, now in the center of modern Syria.
Palmyra (/ ˌ p ɑː l-m aɪ r ə /; Arabic: تَدْمُر, romanized: Tadmur; Palmyrene: 𐡶𐡣𐡬𐡥𐡴 Tadmor) is a city in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate.
Tadmor, the native name of Palmyra (modern), Syria. Tadmur District, Syria. Tadmor Castle in Palmyra. Tadmor Prison Palmyra. Tadmor, Ohio a former town in the United States. Tadmor River in New Zealand.
tad'-mor, tad'-mor (tadhmor): A city built by Solomon in the wilderness ( 2 Chronicles 8:4 ), the Roman Palmyra. Tadmor is the native name and is found on inscriptions. It occurs also in the Kere of 1 Kings 9:18, where the Kethibh or consonants read "Tamar" (compare Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28 ).
Jan 12, 2018 · Palmyra is an archaeological site in Syria. Founded in the third millennium B.C. as the settlement of Tadmor, it became a major trading post on the Silk Road.
Jun 13, 2024 · Palmyra, ancient city in south-central Syria, 130 miles (210 km) northeast of Damascus. The name Palmyra, meaning “city of palm trees,” was conferred upon the city by its Roman rulers in the 1st century ce; Tadmur, Tadmor, or Tudmur, the pre-Semitic name of the site, is also still in use.
Palmyra was originally an oasis settlement, called Tadmor, in the northern Syrian Desert. Although the Roman province of Syria was created in 64 B.C., the inhabitants of Tadmor, primarily Aramaeans and Arabs, remained semi-independent for over half a century.
