Tyre most often refers to:
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Tire
A tire (American English) or tyre (British English) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which t ...
, the outer part of a wheel
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Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (; ar, صور, translit=Ṣūr; phn, 𐤑𐤓, translit=Ṣūr, Greek ''Tyros'', Τύρος) is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a tiny pop ...
, a Mediterranean city
Tyre or Tyres may also refer to:
Other places
Lebanon
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Tyre District
The Tyre District is a district in the South Governorate of Lebanon.
History Ancient history
Founded at the start of the third millennium BC, Tyre originally consisted of a mainland settlement and a modest island city that lay a short distance o ...
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See of Tyre
The see of Tyre was one of the most ancient dioceses in Christianity. The existence of a Christian community there already in the time of Saint Paul is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. Seated at Tyre, which was the capital of the Roman provi ...
, a Christian diocese
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Tyre Hippodrome
The Tyre Hippodrome is a UNESCO World Heritage site of the city of Tyre in south Lebanon dating back to the Second century CE The Expositio, a description of the world written in the second half of the fourth century by an unknown writer abo ...
, a UNESCO World Heritage site
United States
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Tyre, New York
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Tyre, Michigan
Mythology
* Tyres, one of two
minor Greek mythological figures
People with the name
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Colin Tyre, Lord Tyre (born 1956), Scottish judge
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Tyre Glasper (born 1987), American football linebacker
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Tyre Phillips (born 1997), American football offensive guard
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Tyre York
Tyre Glenn York (May 4, 1836 – January 28, 1916) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1883 and 1885. Prior to that he served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate.
York, born in Rockford, Nort ...
(1836–1916), U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
See also
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Siege of Tyre (disambiguation) Siege of Tyre may refer to:
* Siege of Tyre (724–720 BC), a siege by the Assyrians under Shalmaneser V and Sargon II
* Siege of Tyre (701 BC), a siege by the Assyrians under Sennacherib
* Siege of Tyre (671 BC), a siege by the Assyrians under ...
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Tyers (disambiguation)
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Tyr (disambiguation)
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Tire (disambiguation)
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