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Definition of Lebanon
1. Noun. An Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean.
Geographical relationships: Tabbouleh, Tabooli, Asbat Al-ansar, Band Of Partisans, Abu Nidal Organization, Ano, Arab Revolutionary Brigades, Black September, Fatah Revolutionary Council, Fatah-rc, Revolutionary Organization Of Socialist Muslims, Force 17, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad For The Liberation Of Palestine, Lebanese Hizballah, Organization Of The Oppressed On Earth, Party Of God, Revolutionary Justice Organization, Jabat Al-tahrir Al-filistiniyyah, Palestine Liberation Front, Plf, Popular Struggle Front, Psf
Group relationships: Arab League
Generic synonyms: Asian Country, Asian Nation
Group relationships: Middle East, Mideast, Near East, Asia
Terms within: Bayrut, Beirut, Capital Of Lebanon, Tarabulus, Tarabulus Ash-sham, Trablous, Tripoli, Saida, Sayda, Sidon, Sur, Tyre, Byblos
Member holonyms: Lebanese
Definition of Lebanon
1. Proper noun. Country in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Lebanon. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lebanon
Literary usage of Lebanon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Over 1500 persons are employed in the manufactories. The annual town meeting is
still the governing power. Pop. 5718. Lebanon, Ohio, village, county-seat of ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1904)
"Lebanon, 1896.] 7 pp. " Written in response to an especial request of the ...
[Mt. Lebanon, 1892] 8 pp. 12°. Reprint of an article in the New York Sun. ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"The conclusion is thus arrived at, that in those respects in which the Lebanon
fish-fauna differs from that of the English Chalk, it exhibits greater ..."
4. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"In accordance with the undertaking given by the , British and Froc French Forces,
Syria and Lebanon were declared to be independent and separat; ..."
5. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1913)
"The Lebanon experiment was one which involved the use of two kinds of asphalt
binder. The work was partly in the city of Lebanon, and partly in O'Fallon ..."