Lebanon

Meanings

1. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".
2. A mountain range in the country of Lebanon, West Asia; in full, Mount Lebanon.
3. Various places in the United States of America:
4. A small unincorporated community in Montezuma County, Colorado.
5. A town in New London County, Connecticut.
6. A census-designated place in Kent County, Delaware, in full Rising Sun-Lebanon.
7. A city in St. Clair County, Illinois.
8. A city, the county seat of Boone County, Indiana.
9. A small city in Smith County, Kansas.
10. A home rule city, the county seat of Marion County, Kentucky.
11. A town in York County, Maine.
12. A city, the county seat of Laclede County, Missouri.

Etymology

The country's name comes from the name of the mountain range, which in turn comes from Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן (ləḇānôn), from Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”) (compare Hebrew לָבָן (lāḇān, “white”), Arabic لَبَن (laban, “milk”)).