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

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

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

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

Silver was perhaps a product of the Anti-Lebanon.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

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

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir