Anti-Lebanon

[an-tee-leb-uh-nuh n]

noun

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

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This is the highest point of Syria, the last of the Anti-Lebanon range.
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It was uneven on its northern side, where the ridges of the Anti-Lebanon shut it in.
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J. D. Paxton
Anti-Lebanon is the barest and most inhospitable part of the system.
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This is the loftiest peak of the Anti-Lebanon, and is 10,000 feet above the sea.
The Lands of the Saracen
Bayard Taylor
Damascus, securely entrenched behind Anti-Lebanon, almost always lay outside this limit.
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G. Maspero

British Dictionary definitions for anti-lebanon

Anti-Lebanon

noun

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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Anti-Lebanon

Examples from the Web for anti-lebanon

Historical Examples

This is the highest point of Syria, the last of the Anti-Lebanon range.

It was uneven on its northern side, where the ridges of the Anti-Lebanon shut it in.

Anti-Lebanon is the barest and most inhospitable part of the system.

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

Damascus, securely entrenched behind Anti-Lebanon, almost always lay outside this limit.

Anti-Lebanon