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GOLAN HEIGHTS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Golan Heights mean?
• GOLAN HEIGHTS (noun)
The noun GOLAN HEIGHTS has 1 sense:
1. a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria
Familiarity information: GOLAN HEIGHTS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 Heights" 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)
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