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Where does “Libanon” come from?
Libanon (Dutch) comes from Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן, from Proto-West Semitic laban- — white.
Ancestry of “Libanon”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Biblical Hebrew
לְבָנוֹן
—
2
Proto-West Semitic
laban-
white
Every word from Proto-West Semitic laban- →
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