Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Fayrūza — ܦܝܪܘܙܗ " in last modified January 14, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/436 Fayrūza ܦܝܪܘܙܗ ܦܰܝܪܘܙܗ فيروزه A village near Ḥimṣ. ܡܶܢ ܩܘܪ̈ܝܐ ܕܰܚܡܶܨ ܠܡܰܕܢܚܳܐ ܡܝܰܬܒܳܐ ܒܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ. من قرى حمص الآهلة بالسريان شرقيها. a village north of Ḥomṣ, heavily populated by Syrians. Moosa's English translation of Barsoum's description says "north" when it should be "east." http://syriaca.org/place/436 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairouzeh http://dbpedia.org/resource/Fairouzeh The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 110, 197 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 559 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 518 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 553