Home › Words › D › damandaman/dəˈmɑːn/daman means the rock hyrax.daman is pronounced /dəˈmɑːn/.EtymologyFrom Arabic دَمَان (damān) (إسرائيل (Isrā'īl)), literally "lamb (of Israel)."nounThe rock hyrax.nameThe capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.A district of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.A surname from Dutch.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dassie 67% match — A small, herbivorous mammal in the order Hyracoidea, the rock hyrax. vs daman →ashkoko 66% match — The hyrax. vs daman →awawa 65% match — A hyrax. vs daman →cirogrille 64% match — The Syrian hyrax vs daman →boomdas 60% match — The southern tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus. vs daman →hyraceum 59% match — The petrified remains of hyrax urine and feces produced by the rock hyrax (“Cape hyrax”), Procavia capensis (“P. apensis”), typically found in the communal midden piles of hyrax colonies. vs daman →cherogril 58% match — A hyrax. vs daman →hyracid 56% match — hyracoid vs daman →