Himsi or Homsi is an
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
locational surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name. , which means a person from
Homs,
Syria.
[Abu Assali, Sarah. (2012)]
"The Eye of the Beholder"
''Syria Today Magazine'', October 10. Retrieved on 25 January 2016. The name may refer to:
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Akram al-Homsi
Akram al-Homsi ( ar, أكرم الحمصي) is the Regional Secretary of the Jordanian Regional Command of the Jordanian branch of the Ba'ath Party.
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Living people
Members of the Jordanian Regional Branch of the Ba'ath Party
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, Jordanian politician
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Ibn Na'ima al-Himsi Ibn Na‘ima al-Himsi (Arabic: ابن ناعمة الحمصي) (dates unknown; early ninth century) was a Syrian Christian who belonged to the Al-Kindi circle of translators who rendered Greek texts into Arabic. In particular, Al-Himsi translated A ...
(9th century), Syrian translator
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Majd Homsi
Majd Homsi ( ar, مجد حمصي, born 12 December 1982 in Aleppo, Syria) is a Syrian footballer who plays as a defender for Karbalaa, which competes in the Iraqi Premier League the top division in Iraq and is currently a member of the Syria na ...
(born 1982), Syrian footballer
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Qustaki al-Himsi
Qustaki al-Himsi ( ar, قسطاكي الحمصي, ; 1858–1941) was a Syrian writer and poet of the Nahda movement (the Arabic renaissance), a prominent figure in the Arabic literature of the 19th and 20th centuries and one of the first refo ...
(1858–1941), Syrian writer
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Arabic-language surnames
Syrian families
Homs
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