Bashan

American  

[bey-shuhn] / ˈbeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. a region in ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River.

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Bashan British  

/ ˈbeɪʃæn /

noun

1. Old Testament a region to the east of the Jordan, renowned for its rich pasture (Deuteronomy 32:14)

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Example Sentences

“Nearly every Rohingya person I spoke with on this mission, whether in the Kutupalong camps or on Bashan Char, wants to return home as soon as they can do so voluntarily, safely, sustainably, and with dignity. They want to go back home,” Andrews said.

From Seattle Times

It was based on another “first,” the debut novel of the same name, originally published in 1929 by Bhibuti Bashan Banerjee, which depicted Apu and his family in their village in rural Bengal.

From New York Times

The choreographer Igal Perry anchors his company’s spring season with a new work called “Perfection Has No Dreams,” a collaboration with Ofer Bashan, a composer and fellow Israeli.

From New York Times

Bashan was the deliberately secluded setting of a weeklong conference that brought together many of those tasked with leading China’s reforms and an intellectually diverse array of foreign economists, including Kornai, Brus, the Scottish economist Sir Alec Cairncross and the American Nobel laureate James Tobin.

From New York Times

Kristal’s granddaughter Liat Bashan, a 32-year-old social worker, said that seeing her grandfather at his bar-mitzvah ceremony, in a room spilling over with relatives and loved ones, had left her overcome with joy — and mindful of all those who perished in the Holocaust.

From Seattle Times