English Explanatory Dictionary

Golan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in the Middle East, generally identified with modern-day Sahm el-Jaulān in Daraa governorate, Syria.
  2. A region in the Middle East, in northwest Syria, under Israeli occupation since 1967; same as the Golan Heights.
  3. A habitational surname from Hebrew.

Word forms

Golan Golans

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew גּוֹלָן (golán).

Derived words

Golan Heights
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