Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient city of Phoenicia north-northeast of present-day Beirut, Lebanon. It was the chief city of Phoenicia in the second millennium BC and was noted for its papyruses.
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- proper noun port city in
Lebanon
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- noun an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated
Etymologies
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Examples
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Most early books were made from papyrus, and the word Byblos or Biblos became the ancient Greek word for ‘book.’
Blowback Brad Thor 2005
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Most early books were made from papyrus, and the word Byblos or Biblos became the ancient Greek word for ‘book.’
Blowback Brad Thor 2005
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In fact, the word Bible comes from the word Byblos, another Carthaginian port from which the majority of Egyptian papyrus was exported.
Blowback Brad Thor 2005
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In fact, the word Bible comes from the word Byblos, another Carthaginian port from which the majority of Egyptian papyrus was exported.
Blowback Brad Thor 2005
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He had spent the day up in Byblos and on the way back saw militiamen, still armed, not too far from the hotel.
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The rehearsal dinner was at a Mediterranean restaurant called Byblos in Westwood.
sTORI Telling Tori Spelling 2008
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Just about any ancient civilization and culture you can think of called Byblos home at one time or other.
The "Piles of Rocks" Tour continues... mike247worldwide 2006
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Just about any ancient civilization and culture you can think of called Byblos home at one time or other.
Archive 2006-02-01 mike247worldwide 2006
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But there was only a 0.6 per cent increase in the price of private jets, a chauffeur service, and exclusive hotels such as Byblos in
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Two days of marching along the coast brought Alexander to the important Phoenician trading center of Byblos.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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