Allenby

[al-uhn-bee]

noun

1. Edmund Henry Hynman 1st Viscount, 1861–1936, British field marshal: commander of British forces in Egypt in World War I and conqueror of Jerusalem (1917).

Allenby

/ ˈælənbɪ /

noun

1. Edmund Henry Hynman , 1st Viscount. 1861–1936, British field marshal who captured Palestine and Syria from the Turks in 1918; high commissioner in Egypt (1919–25)

Example Sentences

The Israeli airports authority, which oversees the Allenby Bridge crossing, said it would be closed indefinitely from Wednesday morning "at the direction of the political leadership".

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The Allenby bridge is a key trade route for goods and medical supplies to enter the West Bank.

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The Allenby bridge was named after British general Edmund Allenby, who defeated the Ottoman empire to gain control of Palestine in 1917.

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MDA said it happened near the Allenby Crossing.

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First the convoy must go through Israeli customs at the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge border crossing.

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