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The capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
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A district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.
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A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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A surname from Dutch.
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noun
The rock hyrax.
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History
*The place name is from Gujarati દમણ (damaṇ). *The given name derives from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas.
Borrowed from Dutch Daman, variant of Damman.
From Arabic دَمَان (damān) (إسرائيل (Isrā'īl)), literally "lamb (of Israel)."
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