Byblos

B3Y4B3L1O1S1
/ˈbɪblɒs/

proper noun

A port city in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon.

Similar
Jubayl
OriginLatin Byblos ← Ancient Greek Βύβλος ← Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A port city in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon.

    Synonyms: Jubayl

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA port city in Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon.

Similar
Jubayl
Also see
jubayl

Origin

  1. Phoenician𐤂𐤁𐤋
  2. Ancient GreekΒύβλος
  3. LatinByblos
  4. EnglishByblos

Borrowed from Latin Byblos, from Ancient Greek Βύβλος (Búblos), from Phoenician 𐤂𐤁𐤋 (gbl /⁠Gebal⁠/). Doublet of Jubail.

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Translations

Ancient Greek Βύβλος
  • Βύβλος (Búblos)port city in Lebanon
Arabic جُبَيْل
  • جُبَيْل (jubayl)port city in Lebanon
Basque Biblos
  • Biblosport city in Lebanon
Bulgarian Библос
  • Библос (Biblos)port city in Lebanon
Catalan Biblos
  • Biblosport city in Lebanon
Czech Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
Danish Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
Dutch Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
Finnish Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
French Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
German Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
Greek Βύβλος
  • Βύβλος (Vývlos)port city in Lebanon
Hawaiian Kepala
  • Kepalaport city in Lebanon
Hebrew גְּבָל
  • גְּבָל (gval)port city in Lebanon
Hungarian Büblosz
  • Bübloszport city in Lebanon
Indonesian Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
Italian Biblo
  • Bibloport city in Lebanon
Latin Byblos, Byblus
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
  • Byblusport city in Lebanon
Lithuanian Biblas
  • Biblasport city in Lebanon
Polish Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
Portuguese Biblos
  • Biblosport city in Lebanon
Romanian Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
Russian Библ
  • Библ (Bibl)port city in Lebanon
Slovak Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
Spanish Biblos
  • Biblosport city in Lebanon
Swedish Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon
Turkish Biblos
  • Biblosport city in Lebanon
Ukrainian Бібл
  • Бібл (Bibl)port city in Lebanon
Urdu جُبَیل
  • جُبَیل (jubail)port city in Lebanon
Welsh Byblos
  • Byblosport city in Lebanon

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

slobby
Cite this entry
APA

Byblos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byblos

MLA

“Byblos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byblos. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Byblos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Byblos.

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