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

They yielded with a bad grace; and we jogged on over the stony road, crossing the long hills which form the eastern base of the Anti-Lebanon.

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

The Syrian Druses occupy the mountainous region of the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward