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Byblos
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Byb·los  (bbls, -ls)
An ancient city of Phoenicia north-northeast of present-day Beirut, Lebanon. It was the chief city of Phoenicia in the second millennium b.c. and was noted for its papyruses.
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Noun1.Byblos - 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
Lebanese Republic, Lebanon - an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean
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Jbeil was known as Gubla to the Canaanites, Gebal to the Phoenicians, and Byblos to the Greeks.
Summer weather brings healthy crowds back to beaches of Jbeil by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
The day had started so promisingly and the irony that I was a corporate guest of Paul Gebal & Company and that my footsteps across the course may have contributed to what was to follow is not lost on me.
Letter: Jockey will get older and wiser by The Racing Post (London, England)
Monteith took the claimer with Claim Gebal, who gave Edinburgh accident claims lawyer Stan Moffat his first ever winner.
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