Lebanon
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- proper noun
- /ˈlɛbənən/
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Líbano
- The capital of Lebanon, Beirut, is known for its vibrant nightlife and cuisine.
- Lebanon and Syria
- Lebanon and Israel
- president of Lebanon
And he's like, I went to Mount Lebanon and that was it.
- And he's like, I went to Mount Lebanon and that was it.
- They're doing in Iraq what they did in Lebanon with Hezbollah to exert control.
- He was the only guy who got captured in Lebanon that we got back alive.
- It's the the the Islamic Republic's involvement in Lebanon with Hezbollah.
- They send hundreds of millions to Israel and Lebanon to rebuild.
- Only Venezuela and Lebanon have higher inflation.
- The cedar tree is the flag of Lebanon.
- But Hizbullah don't forget, are not the government of Lebanon.
- And I think he was a field commander of Hezbollah in Lebanon.
- I left on the last plane was a golf airplane from Lebanon to London.
- We were kicked out of Lebanon because we're Jewish.
- And we're talking obviously about Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey in particular.
- It now includes Yemen, Lebanon and possibly Iran as well.
- Lebanon, Lebanon, this is and thou art.
Examples
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And I say again, an important message to British citizens still in Lebanon, you must leave now.
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He's been in Afghanistan, Lebanon, the Persian Gulf, and Africa with his camera.
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I lost my entire family in Lebanon.
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We were kicked out of Lebanon because we're Jewish.
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Lifted by our British friends from a villa in Lebanon in August 2006.
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His first assignment was in Lebanon, in January, 1985.
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And now those bombings are beginning to occur in Lebanon itself.
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Her eyes, green as the cedars of Lebanon.
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In the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, a street battle erupts.
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Since 2010, Washington has watched Syrian support for terrorism and meddling in Lebanon increase.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
A country in western Asia by the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Lebanon comes from an old Semitic root LBN meaning 'white', probably for the snow on its mountains or the bright white stone there. So the country's name points to its 'white' mountains by the sea.