A·lep·po ( -l p  ) also A·lep (-lp) A city of northwest Syria near the Turkish border. Inhabited perhaps as early as the sixth millennium b.c., Aleppo was a key point on the caravan route across Syria to Baghdad and later a major center of Christianity in the Middle East. It is now the country's largest city. Population: 2,130,000. |
Aleppo [əˈlɛpəʊ]
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(Placename) an ancient city in NW Syria: industrial and commercial centre. Pop.: 1 582 930 (1994) French name Alep [alɛp] Arabic name Haleb [ˈhalɛp]
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| Noun | 1. |  Aleppo - a city in northwestern Syria Syria, Syrian Arab Republic - an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization |
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