Crossword-Solution: PALMYRA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Palmyra | n. | A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PALMYRA | anagram | PALMARY |
We have 20 clues for the answer “PALMYRA”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Ancient city reputedly built by Solomon | 1 answer |
| tall tropical Asian palm | 1 answer |
| ZENOBIA, kingdom of | 1 answer |
| U. S. island south of Hawaii. | 1 answer |
| Tall fan palm used for thatching | 1 answer |
| SRI Lankan palm | 1 answer |
| PALM tree with leaves used for matting | 1 answer |
| City reputedly built by Solomon | 1 answer |
| BORASSUS flabellifer | 1 answer |
| Ancient Syrian trade center | 1 answer |
| Ancient Syrian city on the Silk Road | 1 answer |
| SYRIAN oasis | 2 answers |
| INDIAN palm tree | 4 answers |
| SRI Lankan tree | 7 answers |
| PALM (genus) | 9 answers |
| CITY SYRIAN | 10 answers |
| ANCIENT SEMITIC CITY IN SYRIA | 11 answers |
| ANCIENT CITY IN SYRIA | 13 answers |
| SYRIAN city/town | 34 answers |
| Indian tree | 46 answers |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with PALMYRA (5)
The towns, like the vineyards, are experimentally founded: they grow great and prosper by passing occasions; and when the lode comes to an end, and the miners move elsewhere, the town remains behind them, like Palmyra in the desert.
The rich offering was accompanied with an epistle, respectful, but not servile, from Odenathus, one of the noblest and most opulent senators of Palmyra.
His _real_ merit is doubtless enhanced by the barbarism of the nation and the times from which he emerged: but the _apparent_ magnitude of an object is likewise enlarged by an unequal comparison; and the ruins of Palmyra derive a casual splendor from the nakedness of the surrounding desert.
And yet, sixteen centuries ago, Palmyra, or Tadmor as it was originally called, was one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
The unfinished dome of the Capitol will loom before you in the distance, and you will think that you approach the ruins of some western Palmyra.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, LAT, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1942–2017).