Sidon
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- proper noun
- The Norwegians spent several months of the autumn and winter in Palestine and participated in the fight for Sidon in the following year.
- Sidon and Tyre
- Sidon and Beirut
Examples
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In 1990, PLO military expansion in the Southern region of Sidon led to bloody encounters between the Palestinians and the Shiite Hizbullah.
Academic text (2000) -
Unlike the larger and more established cities of Tyre or Sidon, Beirut proved friendly to the outsiders.
Academic text (2011) -
I should be leading armies into Sidon, Media, and Egypt.
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The next longest was from here to Sidon, say about sixty or seventy miles.
Academic text (1997) -
Demonstrations, sit-ins, and protests against the bill were convened in Tripoli, Sidon, and elsewhere.
Academic text (2003) -
Soviet arms poured in from Latakia, Syria, as well as Tyre, Sidon, and Tripoli.
Blog text (11) -
Isaiah 23:2 Mourn in silence, you people of the coast and you merchants of Sidon.
Blog text (32) -
For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Academic text (2008) -
Mount Lebanon was joined with the surrounding areas including Tripoli, Baalbek, Becca, Sidon and Tyre.
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The ruins of Sidon reveal its history as a bustling center of commerce in ancient times.
Synonyms
A city on the Mediterranean coast in present-day Lebanon that was the main city of ancient Phoenicia, also called Sidon
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sidon comes from an old Phoenician name Ṣīdūn that meant 'fishing' or 'fishermen'. A helpful way to remember this is that Sidon was a busy port by the sea, which explains why it became a centre of trade.