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Orontes

(Encyclopedia)Orontes ōrŏnˈtēs [key], Arab. Nahr al-Asi, river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, rising in the northern part of the Al Biqa valley, Lebanon, and flowing generally N through Syria, then W into S Turkey an...

refugee

(Encyclopedia)refugee, one who leaves one's native land either because of expulsion or to escape persecution. The legal problem of accepting refugees is discussed under asylum; this article considers only mass disl...

Beyrouth

(Encyclopedia)Beyrouth: see Beirut, Lebanon.

Berytus

(Encyclopedia)Berytus: see Beirut, Lebanon.

Bayrut

(Encyclopedia)Bayrut: see Beirut, Lebanon.

Tarabulus

(Encyclopedia)Tarabulus: see Tripoli, Lebanon. ...

Sur

(Encyclopedia)Sur, Lebanon: see Tyre.

Tripolis

(Encyclopedia)Tripolis: see Tripoli, Lebanon. ...

Saida

(Encyclopedia)Saida, Lebanon: see Sidon.

Lycaonia

(Encyclopedia)Lycaonia lĭkˌāōˈnēə [key], ancient country of S Asia Minor (now in Turkey), between Galatia and Cilicia on the north and south and Phrygia and Cappadocia on the west and east. Passing successiv...