Týros – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
tyro
n.
beginner, novice, amateur
Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (
Arabic: , ;
Phoenician: , ; ,
Tzor;
Tiberian Hebrew , ;
Akkadian: , ;
Greek: ,
Týros; ; , Armenian Տիր [Dir]), sometimes
romanized as
Sour, is a city in the
South Governorate of
Lebanon. There were approximately 117,000 inhabitants in 2003. However, the government of Lebanon has released only rough estimates of population numbers since 1932, so an accurate statistical accounting is not possible. Tyre juts out from the coast of the Mediterranean and is located about south of
Beirut. The name of the city means "
rock" after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. The adjective for Tyre is
Tyrian, and the inhabitants are
Tyrians.
tiro
Noun
1. someone new to a field or activity
(synonym) novice, beginner, tyro, initiate
(hypernym) unskilled person
(hyponym) abecedarian
tyro
Noun
1. someone new to a field or activity
(synonym) novice, beginner, tiro, initiate
(hypernym) unskilled person
(hyponym) abecedarian
Tyros
(pl. )
of Tyro
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Tyros
N F
Tyre; (city on the Phoenician coast); (famous for crimson dye Tyrian purple)
