Beqaa

English

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Etymology

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”).

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Proper noun

Beqaa

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