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Definition of Golan
1. Noun. A fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria. "Artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel"
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Group relationships: Israel, Sion, State Of Israel, Yisrael, Zion
Definition of Golan
1. Proper noun. An ancient city in Syria ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Golan
Literary usage of Golan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... xv, 23; Acts, xxvii, 7), a city in Caria. Gob (II Kings, xxi, 18, 19). Unknown.
Perhaps the text is corrupt. Golan. ..."
2. Syria and the Middle East Peace Process by Alasdair Drysdale, Raymond A. Hinnebusch (1991)
"The previous month, Prime Minister Shamir dismissed reports that Israel might
agree to the demilitarization of the Golan Heights, saying they had "no basis ..."
3. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"... Golan, city of Bashan, II. 359, 2 b. GOLCONDA, city of India, VIII. 71.
Tomba of the kings of, 2 a (ill.). Kingdom of, 1 c ; IX. 201, 1 c. ..."
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