Baalbek

[ bahl-bek, bey-uhl-, beyl- ]

noun
  1. a town in E Lebanon: ruins of ancient city; Temple of the Sun. 16,000. Ancient Greek name, Heliopolis.

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How to use Baalbek in a sentence

  • For the most part, residents of Ras Baalbek say they feel secure.

    Lebanese Christians Gun Up Against ISIS | Susannah George | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Ras Baalbek is just one of a handful of Christian villages in the northern Bekaa Valley not far from the Syrian border.

    Lebanese Christians Gun Up Against ISIS | Susannah George | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • They were Nature's enormous mockery of the most ambitious architecture of man, the pyramids of Egypt and the platform of Baalbek.

    Overland | John William De Forest
  • West of Baalbek one of these pillars is to be seen, called the pillar of the maidens, and there is another not far from Acre.

    Palestine | Claude Reignier Conder
  • Furthermore, how can we interest ourselves in his fiction of history concerning Baalbek?

    The Book of Khalid | Ameen Rihani
  • Our forces pushed on northwards, meeting with little or no opposition, and occupying Baalbek, Tripolis and Homs.

  • And one day, when we were pumping out the water he asked me if I thought this was easier than rolling our roofs in Baalbek.

    The Book of Khalid | Ameen Rihani

British Dictionary definitions for Baalbek

Baalbek

/ (ˈbɑːlbɛk) /


noun
  1. a town in E Lebanon: an important city in Phoenician and Roman times; extensive ruins. Pop: 150 000 (1998 est): Ancient name: Heliopolis

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