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Aleppo

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A·lep·po  (-lp) 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]
n
(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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Noun1.AleppoAleppo - a city in northwestern Syria        
Alep, Halab
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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Now the attractions of Damascus so fascinated the worthy Ali, that he could hardly tear himself away, but at length he remembered that he had a home in Bagdad, meaning to return by way of Aleppo, and after he had crossed the Euphrates, to follow the course of the Tigris.
The Arabian Nights by Lang, Andrew View in context
I was now alone in a most remote part of the world, for I was near three thousand leagues by sea farther off from England than I was at my island; only, it is true, I might travel here by land over the Great Mogul's country to Surat, might go from thence to Bassora by sea, up the Gulf of Persia, and take the way of the caravans, over the desert of Arabia, to Aleppo and Scanderoon; from thence by sea again to Italy, and so overland into France.
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
The Crusaders had brought back with them experiences of domestic luxuries, of Damascus carpets and rugs of Aleppo, which made them impatient of the hideous bareness and want of privacy which they found in their ancestral strongholds.
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