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daman

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dam⋅an

  [dam-uhn]
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–noun
1. a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
2. any hyrax.
Origin:
1730–40; < Ar damān (Isrā'īl), lit., lamb (of Israel)

Dam⋅an

  [duh-mahn]
–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.
Portuguese, Da⋅mão  [dah-moun] .
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Da·man   (də-män')   
A former Portuguese colony of northwest India on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Khambhat. It was acquired by the Portuguese in 1588 and annexed by India in 1962.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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