Etymology

Beqaa

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Today it means: A fertile valley in eastern Lebanon, spanning the Baalbek-Hermel and Beqaa governorates. Full definition →

Arabic البِقَاع ← North Levantine Arabic البْقاع
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  1. North Levantine Arabic · borrowed fromالبْقاع
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromالبِقَاع
  3. English todayBeqaa

Adapted from Arabic البِقَاع (al-biqāʕ, literally “the Beqaa”) or local North Levantine Arabic البْقاع (l-bʔāʕ, l-bqāʕ), seemingly originally from بِقَاع (biqāʕ, “splotches, patches, areas, regions”).

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