Ḥimṣ

E302264

city human settlement populated place

Ḥimṣ is an alternative transliteration of Homs, a major city in western Syria known for its historical significance and role in the Syrian conflict.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Himṣ	1
Ḥimṣ canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ human settlement ⓘ populated place ⓘ
alternativeNameOf	Homs ⓘ
climate	semi-arid climate ⓘ
country	Syria ⓘ
distanceFrom	north of Damascus ⓘ south of Aleppo ⓘ
governorateCapitalOf	Homs Governorate ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Emesa ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration	Hims ⓘ Ḥimṣ self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Himṣ
hasArabicName	Homs ⓘ surface form: حمص
hasConflictImpact	severe destruction during Syrian civil war ⓘ
hasFunction	industrial center ⓘ transport hub ⓘ
hasHeritage	Roman-era remains ⓘ medieval Islamic architecture ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	ancient trade and military center ⓘ important city in Roman and Byzantine periods ⓘ important city in early Islamic period ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic	ethnically and religiously diverse ⓘ
hasReconstructionEfforts	post-war rebuilding and rehabilitation ⓘ
hasReligiousSite	Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque ⓘ Um al-Zunnar Church ⓘ
hasRole	major city in Syria ⓘ
historicalName	Emesa ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Homs Governorate ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Homs Governorate ⓘ western Syria ⓘ
locatedInContinent	Asia ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Middle East ⓘ
locatedOn	Orontes River ⓘ
partOf	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
playedRoleIn	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
region	central-western Syria ⓘ
religiousHistory	center of early Christianity ⓘ important city in early Islamic caliphates ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
transliterationSystem	romanization of Arabic ⓘ
wasSceneOf	major battles in Syrian civil war ⓘ protests during Syrian uprising of 2011 ⓘ Siege of Homs ⓘ surface form: siege of Homs
writingSystemForName	Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Homs → alternativeTransliteration → Ḥimṣ ⓘ

Ḥimṣ → hasAlternativeTransliteration → Ḥimṣ self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Himṣ