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Tyre

6 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. Tyre (geographical name)
  2. Tyrian alphabet (noun)
  3. tyrian blue (noun)
  4. tyrian pink (noun)
  5. Tyrian purple (noun)
  6. tyrian rose (noun)

Tyre

geographical name \ˈtī(-ə)r\

Definition of TYRE

port & chief city of ancient Phoenicia; site at modern town of Sur on the Mediterranean coast in S Lebanon
— Tyr·i·an \ˈtir-ē-ən\ adjective or noun

Variants of TYRE

Tyre or Ty·rus \ˈtī-rəs\

Rhymes with TYRE

briar, choir, fire, gyre, hire, ire, mire, prior, sire, spire, squire, tier, tire, wire

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