ancient Phoenician port (modern Jebeil, Lebanon) from which Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece. The name probably is a Greek corruption of Phoenician Gebhal, said to mean literally "frontier town" (compare Hebrew gebhul "frontier, boundary," Arabic jabal "mountain"), or perhaps it is Canaanite gubla "mountain." The Greek name also might have been influenced by, or come from, an Egyptian word for "papyrus."
双语例句
1. The city of Byblos offers 6000 years of History & Culture such as the Roman amphitheatre.
比布鲁斯城拥有6000年历史 和 文化,罗马歌剧院即一个典型的代表.
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英英释意
1. an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millenium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon north of Beirut; now partially excavated
