AtlasLebanonByblosOne word pinned hereByblos34.1167°N 35.6500°E · Q173532One English word in this atlas traces back to Byblos. It sits in Lebanon.ShareAll of Lebanon Pinned hereBiblenoun · 13th centuryWell attestedThe word for the book traces to a Phoenician port that traded papyrus.Greek biblion, a book, is generally derived from Byblos, the Phoenician city through which papyrus was traded. The city is now Jbeil in Lebanon.Named through a historical place-nameRead →Nearest pinsdamaskDamascus, Syria90 kmdamsonDamascus, Syria90 kmDamascus steelDamascus, Syria90 kmDamascene conversionDamascus, Syria90 km