Bekaa

/ bɪˈkɑː /

noun

1. a broad valley in central Lebanon, between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon Mountains Ancient nameCoelesyriaˌsiːliːˈsɪrɪə

Example Sentences

Ras Baalbek is just one of a handful of Christian villages in the northern Bekaa Valley not far from the Syrian border.

From The Daily Beast

During a break between workshops in the Bekaa Valley, I met Noor*.

From The Daily Beast

His funeral took place in el Qilya, a small village spread out on the slopes of mountains just above the Bekaa Valley.

From The Daily Beast

There are some areas in the Bekaa Valley and Hermel where the government and the army have been unable to penetrate.

From The Daily Beast

The Hezbollah official  said he was aware of the risks and what an assault on Yabrud may bring to the Bekaa Valley.

From The Daily Beast

This, we conjecture, is the fertile basin of El Buchaia, or Bekaa.

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