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Sidon
[ sahyd-n ]
noun
- a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
Sidon
/ ˈsaɪdən /
noun
- the chief city of ancient Phoenicia: founded in the third millennium bc ; wealthy through trade and the making of glass and purple dyes; now the Lebanese city of Saïda
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- Si·do·ni·an [sahy-, doh, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun
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Example Sentences
On July 22 all the camp leaders met with Hezbollah representatives in Sidon.
Be silent, you that dwell in the island: the merchants of Sidon passing over the sea, have filled thee.
Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.
Like Tyre and Sidon, these places had their merchant princes, who lived delicately, and whose ships traded far and near.
This city is the rival of Sidon in magnitude, fame, and antiquity, as recorded in many fables.
I stepped into the streets of Sidon with a light heart, and looked out on the scene of my contemplated triumph.
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