Contemporary Examples. 1  But there are deep suspicions in Kiev that the Russians only went to Geneva to stall threatened Western economic sanctions. 2  The tactic made sense only as a stall for defendants each facing 20 years or more in prison. â 3 At a rodeo, in a stall, in a three-way,â says McConaughey with a chuckle.
The adjective for Tyre is Tyrian, and the inhabitants are Tyrians. Tyre is an ancient Phoenician city and the legendary birthplace of Europa and Elissa (Dido). Today it is the fourth largest city in Lebanon and houses one of the nation's major ports. Tourism is a major industry.
DAMASCUS [SMITH] one of the most ancient and most important of the cities of Syria. It is situated 130 miles northeast of Jerusalem, in a plain of vast size and of extreme fertility, which lies east of the great chain of Anti-Libanus, on the edge of the desert.amascus lies along the main stream of the Barada, almost entirely on its south bank. The city is about a mile long (East to West) and about half a mile broad (North to South).