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Ghassan

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

Proper noun

Ghassan

  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 of Ghassan

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

Words formed from Ghassan

Questions about Ghassan

What does Ghassan mean?
Ghassan means a former Arab kingdom in the Levant which functioned as a client state to the Byzantine Empire.
What part of speech is Ghassan?
Ghassan is a proper noun.

Words near Ghassan in the dictionary

  1. ghasard
  2. ghasdana
  3. ghasel
  4. ghasels
  5. Ghashghai
  6. Ghassan
  7. Ghassanian
  8. Ghassanians
  9. Ghassanid
  10. Ghassanids
  11. Ghassemi

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