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Golan

go·lan

US/ɡʌˈlɑn/ rare

noun

1.

a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria

  • “artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel”

Origin

Borrowed from Hebrew גּוֹלָן (golán).

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