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Homs

American

[hawms] / hɔms /

noun

a city in W Syria.

Homs British

/ hɒms, hʊms /

noun

Ancient name: Emesa. Former name: Hims. a city in W Syria, near the Orontes River: important in Roman times as the capital of Phoenicia-Lebanesia. Pop: 915 000 (2005 est)

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Protester Mona, 25, said that "what happened in Homs is unacceptable".

From Barron's

In a modest home in a mixed neighbourhood of Homs, a pink-walled bedroom has become a shrine.

From BBC

He trained as an architect in Homs and now researches at the University of Oxford in the UK.

From BBC

But he doesn't know whether he'll get work in Homs to help pay the rent for the flat.

From BBC

Homs, like most parts of Syria, gets only a few hours of electricity a day.

From BBC

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