Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mountain; mount: a term occurring in some geographic names of Arabic origin. It is concealed in Gibraltar.
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- noun A
hill , amountain (especially in the Middle East or North Africa).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tariq was the conqueror; "jebel" is Arabic for mountain.
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From the glassed-in porch of our small stone-block two-bedroom house all we could see for miles was flat desert interspersed with the occasional jebel and a bit of scrubby vegetation.
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From the glassed-in porch of our small stone-block two-bedroom house all we could see for miles was flat desert interspersed with the occasional jebel and a bit of scrubby vegetation.
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Endemic lists from Wickens for the Jebel Marra Area include Gnaphalium marranum, Celsia sudanica, Kickxia aegyptiaca, K. dibolophylla, Pletranthus jebel-marrae, and Felicia dentata.
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Otherways wesways like that provost scoffing bedoueen the jebel and the jpysian sea.
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They occupy this coastal strip, with a high jebel protecting them from the desert.
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The deep wooded valleys of the high jebel are as peaceful and mysterious as Delphi itself.
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Tomorrow when it's light we'll go for a stroll around the jebel and look for a feather.
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It is a finely conspicuous island, for upon the north end there is a lofty barn-roofed jebel or hill.
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By this time you have learned that gebel is a mountain, and _jebel_, as you will find it on your map of the Peninsula of Sinai, means the same thing.
qms commented on the word jebel
Flatlanders must learn how to speak:
A hillock's a hummock with cheek;
A mountain is treble
The size of a jebel
And a cowlick on top is a peak.
January 24, 2016