مصر

2 مصّرهُ ذ He made it (namely a town) a مِصْر, i. e. a limit, or boundary, between two things. (IAar.) ― -b2- مَصَّرُوا المَكَانَ, inf. n. تَمْصِيرٌ, They made the place, or appointed it to be, a مِصْر [meaning a city, or town, such as is thus called ]. (M, * K.) It is said of 'Omar, مَصَّرَ الأَمْصَارَ, (TA,) which is a phrase like مَدَّنَ المُدُنَ, (S,) [and signifying He appointed the cities, or towns called أَمْصَار: or] مصّر الامصار signifies he built the [ cities, or towns, called ] امصار: (A:) among which امصار were El-Basrah and El-Koofeh. (A, TA.)