Lebanon

English

Etymology

The country's name comes from the name of the mountain range, which in turn comes from Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן (ləḇānôn), from Proto-Semitic *laban- (white) (compare Hebrew לָבָן (lāḇān, white), Arabic لَبَن (laban, milk)).

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Lebanon

  1. A mountain range in the Middle East.
  2. A country in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".
  3. Various places in the United States of America:
    1. a small unincorporated community in Montezuma County, Colorado.
    2. a town in New London County, Connecticut.
    3. a CDP known as Rising Sun-Lebanon in Kent County, Delaware.
    4. a city in St. Clair County, Illinois.
    5. a city in Indiana, and county seat of Boone County.
    6. a small city in Smith County, Kansas.
    7. a home rule-class city in Kentucky, and the county seat of Marion County.
    8. a town in York County, Maine.
    9. a city in Missouri, and the county seat of Laclede County.
    10. a small village in Red Willow County, Nebraska.
    11. a city in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
    12. a borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
    13. a town in Madison County, New York.
    14. a city in Ohio and county seat of Warren County.
    15. a CDP and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
    16. a city in Linn County, Oregon.
    17. a city in Pennsylvania and county seat of Lebanon County.
    18. a small town in Potter County, South Dakota.
    19. a city in Tennessee and county seat of Wilson County.
    20. an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee.
    21. a town in Virginia, and the county seat of Russell County.
    22. a town and CDP in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
    23. a town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

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  • (mountain range): Mount Lebanon

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