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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

It's starkly different than the other refugee neighbourhoods we visited in Irbid and Mafraq.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2015

The identity of Beth-arbel and Arbelah in Galilee can the less be doubted, because recent researches have rendered it certain that this place, now called Irbid, was an important fortress.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

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