Anti-Lebanon

American  

[an-tee-leb-uh-nuhn] / ˌæn tiˈlɛb ə nən /

noun

1. a mountain range in SW Asia, between Syria and Lebanon, E of the Lebanon Mountains.

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Anti-Lebanon British  

noun

1. a mountain range running north and south between Syria and Lebanon, east of the Lebanon Mountains. Highest peak: Mount Hermon, 2814 m (9232 ft)

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Example Sentences

An hour's drive north of Damascus into the russet foothills of the Anti-Lebanon range, the road curves past an elegant stand of cypress trees.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Syrian capital is walled away from the West and from the Mediterranean by the double massif of the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges, rising to 10,000 ft.

From Time Magazine Archive

Not waiting to argue the point, Shishekly abandoned his wife and children in Damascus and fled across the Anti-Lebanon range in a snowstorm to the safety of Beirut.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is the loftiest peak of the Anti-Lebanon, and is 10,000 feet above the sea.

From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Taylor, Bayard

An ancient road leads from the peach-orchards of Damascus, along the banks of the Abana and over Anti-Lebanon, to the ruins of the temple of the Sun-god at Baalbek.

From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)