['dam?si:n, ?dam?'si:n]
¦ adjective
1. relating to the city of Damascus, the capital of Syria.
relating to or resembling the conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus.
2. historical relating to Damascus steel or its manufacture.
3. relating to or denoting a process of inlaying a metal object with gold or silver decoration.
¦ noun a native or inhabitant of Damascus.