lebanon
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1. an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean (noun.location)
| instance hypernym | : | asian country, asian nation, |
| definition | : | any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | bayrut, beirut, capital of lebanon, |
| definition | : | capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western Lebanon on the Mediterranean (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | saida, sayda, sidon, |
| definition | : | the main city of ancient Phoenicia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | sur, tyre, |
| definition | : | a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | byblos, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | middle east, mideast, near east, |
| definition | : | the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | asia, |
| definition | : | the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations (noun.object) |
| member holonym | : | lebanese, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Lebanon (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | arab league, |
| definition | : | an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | tabbouleh, tabooli, |
| definition | : | a finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat (noun.food) |
| domain member region | : | asbat al-ansar, band of partisans, |
| definition | : | an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early 1990s that advocates Salafism; responsible for murders and bombings; seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps; funded by al-Qaeda (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | force 17, |
| definition | : | formed in 1972 as a personal security force for Arafat and other PLO leaders; became one of PLO's elite units; has built an extensive infrastructure of terrorist cells and weapon depots in Europe while attacking Israeli targets (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | hezbollah, hizballah, hizbollah, hizbullah, islamic jihad, islamic jihad for the liberation of palestine, lebanese hizballah, organization of the oppressed on earth, party of god, revolutionary justice organization, |
| definition | : | a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | jabat al-tahrir al-filistiniyyah, palestine liberation front, plf, |
| definition | : | a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border (noun.group) |
| domain member region | : | popular struggle front, psf, |
| definition | : | a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border (noun.group) |
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