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Irbid

American  
[ir-bid] / ɪrˈbɪd /

noun

  1. a town in NW Jordan.


Irbid British  
/ ˈɪrbɪd /

noun

  1. a town in NW Jordan. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"My last group of tourists left three days ago, and all the other groups planned for March have been cancelled," said Nazih Rawashdeh, a tour guide near Irbid, in northern Jordan.

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

Before the eviction, the family lived with other clan members in an apartment complex in a village south of Irbid.

From Seattle Times Aug. 23, 2016

One of those, the Al Hassan Industrial Zone, sits barely a half-hour drive from the Syrian border, near the city of Irbid in northern Jordan, now home to an estimated 300,000 Syrians.

From New York Times Jul. 9, 2016

The bus pulls up to the gate of a spotless state-run orphanage that Kabawat has rented in the hills of Irbid.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2015

At Irbid, above Tiberias, is another synagogue of rather different character.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

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