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 Rim (wheel), wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide Traction (engineering), t ...
, the outer part of a wheel
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Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (; ar, صور, translit=Ṣūr; phn, 𐤑𐤓, translit=Ṣūr, Greek language, Greek ''Tyros'', Τύρος) is a city in Lebanon, one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, t ...
, 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 prov ...
, 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 abou ...
, a UNESCO World Heritage site
United States
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Tyre, New York
Tyre is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 1,002 at the 2020 census. The town is named after the Lebanese city of Tyre.
The Town of Tyre is located in the northeastern part of the county, northeast of Geneva ...
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Tyre, Michigan
Austin Township is a civil township of Sanilac County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the township had a total population 619. The township was organized in 1851.
Communities
* Austin Center is an unincorporated commu ...
Mythology
* Tyres, one of two
minor Greek mythological figures
People with the name
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Colin Tyre, Lord Tyre
Colin Jack Tyre, Lord Tyre, (born 17 April 1956) is a Scottish lawyer, former President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, and a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland.
Early life
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(born 1956), Scottish judge
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Tyre Glasper
Tyre Glasper (born April 14, 1987) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and attended Martin Luther King High School in Detroit, Michigan.
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(born 1987), American football linebacker
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Tyre Phillips
Tyre Jerel Phillips (born January 29, 1997) is an American football offensive guard for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Mississippi State and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the thi ...
(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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