Aleppo
[uh-lep-oh]
- a city in NW Syria.
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French A·lep [a-lep] /aˈlɛp/.
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Contemporary Examples
The U.N. special representative has called for local ceasefires in Aleppo and elsewhere to start building a broader peace.
The economy in Aleppo barely exists, and the attitude of those who remain hovers somewhere between defiance and defeat.
The fall of Aleppo will be hugely tragic—“psychologically and optically devastating,” says Itani.
Western-backed FSA brigades in northern Syria are now holed up in three pockets: in Aleppo, and to the west and north of the city.
That was right after an initial wave of U.S. Navy Tomahawk cruise missiles hit their targets around Aleppo and Raqqah.
First U.S. Stealth Jet Attack on Syria Cost More Than Indian Mission to MarsDave Majumdar
September 24, 2014
Historical Examples
To-day I have also heard of a caravan proposing to go to Aleppo.
Journal of a Residence at BagdadAnthony Groves
The water is sufficient; no one ever dies of thirst in Aleppo.
The World in ChainsJohn Mavrogordato
Tancred was glad to seize the occasion to visit Hameh and Aleppo on his journey.
TancredBenjamin Disraeli
These forms extend from Java and Borneo on the one hand, to Aleppo on the other.
On the Genesis of SpeciesSt. George Mivart
With—do you remember that wrestler you crippled, the wrestler from Aleppo?
The Wind BlowethBrian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Aleppo
- an ancient city in NW Syria: industrial and commercial centre; scene of heavy fighting in 2012 between the rebel Free Syrian Army and government forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.. Pop: 2 505 000 (2005 est)French name: Alep (alɛp) Arabic name: Haleb (ˈhalɛp)
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