Tyre
, Tyr a port in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: founded about the 15th century bc; for centuries a major Phoenician seaport, famous for silks and its Tyrian-purple dye; now a small market town. Pop.: 141 000 (2005 est.)
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Tyr
god of victory in war. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 1147]
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