Sidon

[sahyd-n]

noun

1. a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.

Sidon

/ ˈsaɪdən /

noun

1. 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

Other Word Forms

• Sidonian adjective

Example Sentences

In April, Israel killed a Hamas commander in a pre-dawn strike in Sidon that also killed his adult son and daughter.

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An AFP journalist saw a bombed out car on the road linking the cities of Sidon and Tyre, with traffic piling up as rescuers worked to retrieve the remains.

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At the time of writing they have delivered 78 food parcels to families of 5 or 10 people, 900 mattresses, and 323 blankets across Sidon and other parts of Lebanon.

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Near Sidon, the first big city on the coast south of Beirut, cars drove on the opposite carriageway, as a traffic jam formed just outside a military checkpoint.

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At a Lebanese Army checkpoint at the entrance to the southern city of Sidon, soldiers distributed fliers warning not to touch any unexploded bombs people might find near their homes.

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