Proper noun
Lebanon (usually uncountable, plural Lebanons)
- A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 382:"He does a trip from Jiddah up to the Lebanon and now he's extending it as far as Marseilles."
- A mountain range in the country of Lebanon, Western Asia.
- Synonym: Mount Lebanon
- Various places in the United States of America:
- A small unincorporated community in Montezuma County, Colorado.
- A town in New London County, Connecticut.
- A census-designated place in Kent County, Delaware, in full Rising Sun-Lebanon.
- A city in St. Clair County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Boone County, Indiana.
- A small city in Smith County, Kansas.
- A home rule city, the county seat of Marion County, Kentucky.
- A town in York County, Maine.
- A city, the county seat of Laclede County, Missouri.
- A small village in Red Willow County, Nebraska.
- A city in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- A borough of Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- A town in Madison County, New York.
- A city, the county seat of Warren County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marshall County, Oklahoma.
- A city in Linn County, Oregon.
- A city, the county seat of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
- A small town in Potter County, South Dakota.
- A city, the county seat of Wilson County, Tennessee.
- An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee.
- A town, the county seat of Russell County, Virginia.
- A town and census-designated place in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Lebanon Township.
- A barangay of Montevista, Davao de Oro, Philippines.
- Coordinate terms: Banagbanag, Banglasan, Bankerohan Norte, Bankerohan Sur, Camansi, Camantangan, Canidkid, Concepcion, Dauman, Lebanon, Linoan, Mayaon, New Calape, New Cebulan, New Dalaguete, New Visayas, Prosperidad, San Jose, San Vicente, Tapia — barangays of Montevista
Usage notes
The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article the, though this construction has declined in use.[1]
Descendants
- → Japanese: レバノン (Rebanon)
References
Motschenbacher, Heiko (2020) “Greece, the Netherlands and (the) Ukraine: A Corpus-Based Study of Definite Article Use with Country Names”, in A Journal of Onomastics, volume 68, number 1, →DOI, pages 1–16