1. palmyra - Noun
2. Palmyra - Proper noun
A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAt last some curious traveller from Lima will visit England, and give a description of the ruins of St. Paul's, like the editions of Baalbec and Palmyra. Horace Walpole
And everyone remembers the horrors of the Taliban blowing up ancient Buddhas in Afghanistan just before 9/11, and ISIS’ destruction of the ancient Palmyra castle and other significant historical sites in Syria and Iraq. Source: Internet
After the war, the Fullard-Leo family sued for the return of the ownership of Palmyra Atoll. Source: Internet
Arabia Deserta was the entire desert region extending north from Arabia Felix to Palmyra and the Euphrates, including all the area between Pelusium on the Nile and Babylon. Source: Internet
Grey reef sharks hang out with the same “friends” in the same spot for years, a four-year study at the remote Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean has revealed. Source: Internet
A billboard (L) with Koranic verses is seen in the historic city of Palmyra, in Homs Governorate, Syria April 1, 2016. Source: Internet