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Definition of Saida
1. Noun. The main city of ancient Phoenicia.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Lebanese Republic, Lebanon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saida
Literary usage of Saida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1841)
"He aqueduct which still supplies the says the vine was not cultivated cily, as
bringing the water from around Saida; yet D'Arvieux, who the mountains, ..."
2. Synopsis of the Fishes of North America by David Starr Jordan, Charles Henry Gilbert (1882)
"G. saida Lepe.chin. Brownish above, silvery below; head, body, and fins minutely
dotted with black; the dorsals and pectoral almost entirely black, ..."
3. Technical Digest edited by G. W. Day, D. L. Franzen, P. A. Williams (1999)
"T. Saida and Z. He, Proc. Intl. Conf. on Applied Optical Metrology, ... K.
Hotate and T. Saida. Proc. CLEO Pacific Rim '95, p. 53, Chiba, 1995. ..."
4. Travels in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land by Stephen Olin (1860)
"Saida. It* Situation. — Luxuriant Gardens in the Environs. — Great Variety of Trees.
... Revival and Decline of Saida. — Population. — Route to Beyrout. ..."
5. A Treatise on Ore Deposits by Bernhard von Cotta (1870)
"The region between Katharinenberg and Saida consists almost entirely of gneiss,
the red (igneous) gneiss frequently alternating with the gray; ..."
6. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1862)
"Presented by Dr. Lyell. df, gh, ik, lm, n, o. Specimens from 3 to 8 inches long.
North Polar Expeditions. From the Haslar Collection. 12. Gadus saida. ..."