Lebanon

Lebanon — • So called from the snow which covers the highest peaks during almost the entire year, or from the limestone which glistens white in the distance Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lebanon     Lebanon …   Catholic encyclopedia

Lebanon — ist die englische Bezeichnung für den Libanon. Daneben ist es die Bezeichnung mehrerer Städte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Lebanon (Connecticut) Lebanon (Georgia) Lebanon (Illinois) Lebanon (Indiana) Lebanon (Iowa) Lebanon (Kansas) Lebanon… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Lebanon — noun Ливан …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

Lebanon — (spr. lébbänön), Name mehrerer Orte in der nordamerikan. Union: 1) Hauptstadt der gleichnamigen Grafschaft in Pennsylvanien, 50 km östlich von Harrisburg, mit Hoch und Koksöfen, Walzwerken, Maschinenbau und (1900) 17.628 Einw. Etwa 8 km davon die …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

Lebanon — /leb euh neuhn/ or, esp. for 1, / non /, n. 1. a republic at the E end of the Mediterranean, N of Israel. 3,858,736; 3927 sq. mi. (10,170 sq. km). Cap.: Beirut. 2. a city in SE Pennsylvania. 25,711. 3. a city in N central Tennessee. 11,872. 4. a… …   Universalium

Lebanon — This article is about the country. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see Lebanon (disambiguation) and Liban (disambiguation). Republic of Lebanon اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّة اَللُّبْنَانِيَّة al Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah République libanaise …   Wikipedia

Lebanon —    Israel s neighbor to the north. During the War of Independence (1948 49), Lebanon joined in the fighting against Israel despite that country s Christian majority and the control of the body politic by that segment of the Lebanese population.… …   Historical Dictionary of Israel

Lebanon — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1  Liban 2 Biologie …   Wikipédia en Français

Lebanon —    White, the white mountain of Syria, is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel ranges, the eastern or Anti Lebanon, and the… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

Lebanon —    The Kurdish presence in Lebanon harks back to the 12th century, when the Ayyubids arrived. In the following centuries several other Kurdish groups followed, often as a result of deportation policies pursued by such authorities as the Ottomans …   Historical Dictionary of the Kurds

Lebanon — noun Country in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Lebanon. Also (especially formerly) known as the Lebanon …   Wiktionary