GOLAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Golan mean? 

• GOLAN (noun)
  The noun GOLAN has 1 sense:

1. a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria

  Familiarity information: GOLAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Golan; Golan Heights

Context example:

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

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Golan" is a part of...):

Israel; Sion; State of Israel; Yisrael; Zion (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine)