Lebanon
SayLEB-uh-non/ˈlɛbənɑn/AUS/ˈlɛbənɔn/UKLEB-uh-nuhn/ˈlɛbənən/
- 1A country in West Asia, in the Middle East; its official name is the Lebanese Republic and its capital is Beirut.
Lebanon shares its land borders with Syria and Israel.
The civil war that began in 1975 reshaped Lebanon for over a decade.
- 2A mountain range within the country of Lebanon in West Asia, known in full as Mount Lebanon.
Snow lingers on the high ridges of Lebanon well into the spring.
Ancient cedar forests once covered much of Lebanon, prized for their durable timber.
- 3A city, the county seat of Wilson County, Tennessee.
- 4A city, the county seat of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
- 5A city, the county seat of Warren County, Ohio.
- 6A city, the county seat of Boone County, Indiana.
- 7A city in Linn County, Oregon.
- 8A city in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- 9A city, the county seat of Laclede County, Missouri.
- 10A home rule city, the county seat of Marion County, Kentucky.
- 11A town in York County, Maine.
- 12A town in Madison County, New York.
- 13A town in New London County, Connecticut.
- 14A city in St. Clair County, Illinois.
- 15A borough of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- 16A town, the county seat of Russell County, Virginia.
- 17A town and census-designated place in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
- 18A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lebanon Township.
- 19A small city in Smith County, Kansas.
- 20A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- 21A census-designated place in Kent County, Delaware, in full Rising Sun-Lebanon.
- 22A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
- 23An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee.
- 24A small town in Potter County, South Dakota.
- 25A small village in Red Willow County, Nebraska.
- 26A small unincorporated community in Montezuma County, Colorado.
- 27A barangay of Montevista, Davao de Oro, Philippines.
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Origin
The country's name comes from the name of its mountain range, which comes from Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן (ləḇānôn), from Proto-West Semitic *laban- ("white"), related to Hebrew lāḇān ("white") and Arabic laban ("milk").