daman

¹ American  

[dam-uhn] / ˈdæm ən /

noun

1. a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.

2. any hyrax.

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Daman ² American  

[duh-mahn] / dəˈmɑn /

noun

1. a district in W India, part of the union territory of Daman and Diu: formerly a Portuguese colony, then (1961–87) part of the union territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu.

2. the chief town of this district.

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Daman ¹ British  

/ dɑːˈmɑːn /

noun

1. Portuguese name: Damão.  a coastal town in W India, the chief town of Daman and Diu. Pop: 35 743 (2001)

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daman ² British  

/ ˈdæmən /

noun

1. esp the Syrian rock hyrax a rare name for the hyrax See also cony

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Etymology

Origin of daman

1730–40; < Arabic damān ( Isrā'īl ), literally, lamb (of Israel)

Example Sentences

An outlying village like Karize must, indeed, have had a hard struggle for existence; right in the heart of the daman country, too.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

My escort explains that they are daman trails, in other words the trails worn by Turkoman raiders passing back and forth on their man-stealing expeditions, before their subjugation by the Russians.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas

It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman.

From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section I, J, K, and L by Project Gutenberg

C. L. N. I. J. The Lucknow commentator says daman i gul means the maid's cheek.

From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar