Lebanese
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2.9
- adjective
- /ˌlɛbəˈniːz/
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libanés
- My friend's parents are Lebanese, and they often share stories about their culture.
- Lebanese nationalism
- Syrian and Lebanese
- Lebanese army
And this is by a Lebanese graphic artist, Lamia Ziad.
- And this is by a Lebanese graphic artist, Lamia Ziad.
- By the end, he's selling Lebanese food to Americans in America.
- It's like a Lebanese style dish and it's so, so delicious.
- And the book was called The Prophet by a Lebanese poet.
- It it, it looks, it looks like the like the wallpaper in a Lebanese restaurant.
- They are striking right back at Hezbollah just along the Israeli and Lebanese border.
- I'm doing a turmeric, orange blossom, rosewater, sesame because he's Lebanese.
- And the problem was the Lebanese plated cars travelling towards the Syrian border or the other way round.
Examples
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The findings of this survey of Lebanese students point to a paradox.
Academic text (1999) -
The LF is now the most powerful and capable Lebanese military force in Lebanon.
Academic text (1991) -
Out and proud to be Lebanese.
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It's like a Lebanese style dish and it's so, so delicious.
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There's a new Lebanese restaurant next to my studio.
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My dad's family were all Lebanese.
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On the corner was a dusty convenience store run by two Lebanese brothers.
Fiction book (1998) -
I love Lebanese men.
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Like, are you Lebanese?
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She is only the second Asian guest member, just behind Lebanese couturier Eli Saab.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lebanese as an adjective comes from Lebanon plus the ending -ese, the same ending as in Chinese and Japanese, and it means 'from' or 'about' Lebanon. Lebanon comes from an old word lbn meaning 'white' because of its snowy mountains, so something Lebanese is 'of Lebanon' or 'related to Lebanon'.