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Beqaa

Beqaa proper noun: a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon, spanning the Baalbek-Hermel and Beqaa governorates.

Proper noun

Beqaa

  1. A fertile valley in eastern Lebanon, spanning the Baalbek-Hermel and Beqaa governorates.
    Synonyms:
    Beqaa Valley
  2. A governorate of Lebanon, one of two spanned by the Beqaa valley.

Synonyms of Beqaa

  • Beqaa Valley

Forms of Beqaa

alternative formBecaa
alternative formBekaa
alternative formBiqa

Origin of Beqaa

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”).

Questions about Beqaa

What does Beqaa mean?
Beqaa means a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon, spanning the Baalbek-Hermel and Beqaa governorates.
What part of speech is Beqaa?
Beqaa is a proper noun.

Words near Beqaa in the dictionary

  1. bepuzzled
  2. bepuzzlement
  3. bepuzzles
  4. bepuzzling
  5. Beqa
  6. Beqaa
  7. bequeath
  8. bequeathable
  9. bequeathal
  10. bequeathals
  11. bequeathed

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