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Damascus is the capital of Syria.
Damascus may also refer to:
Places
United States
- Damascus, Arkansas
- Damascus, Georgia
- Damascus, Maryland
- Damascus, Ohio
- Damascus, Oregon
- Damascus, Pennsylvania
- Damascus, Virginia
- Damascus Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, located along New York State Route 97
Elsewhere
- Damascus, New Brunswick, Canada
- Damascus, Queensland, a locality in the Bundaberg Region, Australia
- Damascus Governorate, in Syria
Other uses
- Damascus (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
- Damascus affair, an incident involving the Jewish community in Damascus in 1840
- Damascus steel, a material used in making blades
- "Damascus moment" or "Damascene moment", in reference to the Conversion of Paul
- Damascus Securities Exchange
- Damson, once known as a Damascus plum
- Damascus College Ballarat, Secondary school in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
- The 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion.
See also
- Damascene (disambiguation), an adjective derived from the name of the place in Syria
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