Libāna

Via other European languages, ultimately a borrowing from some Semitic language, based on the Semitic stem لبن (l-b-n, “white; milk”), probably a reference to the snow-capped Mount Lebanon. The word itself is very old, being already found in sources from the 3rd millennium BCE (including the Epic of Gilgamesh).

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Libāna f (4th declension)

1. Lebanon (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East; official name: Libānas Republika)

   Libānas karogs ― the flag of Lebanon

   Libānas valdība ― the government of Lebanon

   Libānā valda mērens Vidusjūras klimats ― In Lebanon the mild Mediterranean climate dominates

• libānietis, libāniete
• libānisks