Ghassan

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proper noun

A former Arab kingdom in the Levant which functioned as a client state to the Byzantine Empire.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A former Arab kingdom in the Levant which functioned as a client state to the Byzantine Empire.

    The Arabs or Saracens, who inhabited the district between Kirkesium and Idumæa, were divided into two kingdoms,—that of Ghassan, towards Syria, maintained an alliance with the Romans; […]

    1744, George Finlay, Greece Under the Romans, William Blackwood and Sons, page 322
  2. A male given name from Arabic.

Origin

Said to be named after a nearby lake of the same name.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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