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Damascus is the capital of Syria.

Damascus may also refer to:

Places

United States

  • Damascus, Arkansas
  • Damascus, Georgia
  • Damascus, Maryland
  • Damascus, Ohio
  • Damascus, Oregon
  • Damascus, Pennsylvania
  • Damascus, Virginia
  • Damascus Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, located along New York State Route 97

Elsewhere

  • Damascus, New Brunswick, Canada
  • Damascus, Queensland, a locality in the Bundaberg Region, Australia
  • Damascus Governorate, in Syria

Other uses

  • Damascus (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
  • Damascus affair, an incident involving the Jewish community in Damascus in 1840
  • Damascus steel, a material used in making blades
  • "Damascus moment" or "Damascene moment", in reference to the Conversion of Paul
  • Damascus Securities Exchange
  • Damson, once known as a Damascus plum
  • Damascus College Ballarat, Secondary school in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
  • The 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion
  • Damascus (novel), 2019 novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas
  • "Damascus", a 2026 song by Gorillaz from their album The Mountain

See also

  • Damascene (disambiguation), an adjective derived from the name of the place in Syria