pound

en-noun

pound (plural pounds or (UK colloquial) pound)

pounds (plural)
pound (UK colloquial plural)

From Middle English pound, from Old English pund (“a pound, weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą (“pound, weight”), an early borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”), ablative form of pondus (“weight”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull, stretch”).
Cognate with Dutch pond, German Pfund, Danish pund and Swedish pund. Doublet of pood and punt.

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an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure

an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves

He glanced back through what he had read and, while feeling his water flow quietly, he envied kindly Mr Beaufoy who had written it and received payment of three pounds, thirteen and six.

1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 4]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

A unit of currency in various currency systems.

Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Israel and South Africa.


Lebanon

en-proper noun

Lebanon (usually uncountable, plural Lebanons)

→ Japanese: レバノン (Rebanon)

The country's name comes from the name of the mountain range, which in turn comes from Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן (ləḇānôn), from Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”) (compare Hebrew לָבָן (lāḇān, “white”), Arabic لَبَن (laban, “milk”)).

"He does a trip from Jiddah up to the Lebanon and now he's extending it as far as Marseilles."

1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 382:

Lebanese Republic
Lebanese Republic#English

A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: Lebanese Republic. Capital: Beirut. Also (especially formerly) known as "the Lebanon".


Lebanese

The Hariri-Aoun agreement has shown that Hezbollah can bring the national political system to a halt. This happened in the past several years, and it worsened conditions in sectors such as foreign debt, electricity output, rubbish collection, water delivery, and other essential services, to the discomfort of the majority of Lebanese who have spoken out intermittently against the oligarchy of sectarian leaders who rule the country.

2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera:

(chiefly in the plural) A person from Lebanon or of Lebanese descent.


lira

lire (plural)
lira (plural)
liras (plural)

From Italian lira, from Latin lībra (partly via Turkish lira, Arabic لِيرَة (līra), Maltese lira, Greek λίρα (líra), and Hebrew לִירָה (“lirá”), all of which are originally from the Italian). Doublet of libra and livre.

The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)


Mediterranean Sea

Calque of Late Latin Mare Mediterraneum.


Hezbollah

From Arabic حِزْبُ اللّٰه (ḥizbu llāh, literally “party of God”).

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حِزْبُ اللّٰه

There are fears of another war between Hezbollah and Israel as border clashes continue.

A political and military Shi'a Islamic organization that arose after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982.

حِزْبُ اللّٰه m (ḥizbu llāh, literally “party of Allah, party of God”)

真主黨 /真主党 (zan¹ zyu² dong², literally “party of Allah”)

真主黨 /真主党 (Zhēnzhǔdǎng, literally “party of Allah”)

حِزْبُاللهِ لُبْنان (hezbo-llâh-e lobnân, literally “Lebanese Hezbollah”)


Established in the United Kingdom as the first emergency service number in the world, initially chosen because of its suitability at a time of rotary-dial telephones.

I don't know why they couldn't just keep it as it was! How hard is it to remember 911?
You mean 999...
I mean 999!
That's the American one!
Yeah!

2006 Feb. 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 2

When you call 999 in the UK, the operator usually answers the phone with "Emergency. Which service?"

The telephone number for emergency services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Burma, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, and the Seychelles.

三條九 /三条九 (saam¹ tiu⁴ gau², literally “triple nine”)

The telephone number for law enforcement in Singapore, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Eswatini, Botswana, Tanzania, Mauritius, and Trinidad and Tobago.


piastre

From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra.

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A form of currency currently used as a subunit in the Middle Eastern and East African countries of Egypt, Jordan (partly including Palestine), Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.


Selected by the European Union as the 3-digit number fastest to dial on cellular and rotary phones without the likelihood of accidental dialing caused by hanging up a landline telephone, sometimes interpreted by phone networks as a 1.

When you call 112 in the United Kingdom, the call is automatically rerouted to 999 operators.

The telephone number for emergency services on all GSM cell phones and in the EU, Russia, United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Ukraine, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, the Seychelles, Uganda, East Timor, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, North Macedonia, Vatican City, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Saint Vincent.

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

The telephone number for law enforcement in South Korea, Norway, Colombia, Serbia, Lebanon, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, and Mauritius.


Tyrian

en-adj

Tyrian (comparative more Tyrian, superlative most Tyrian)

more Tyrian (comparative)
most Tyrian (superlative)


Sidonian

(historical) A native or inhabitant of Sidon.


Beiruti

en-adjective

Beiruti (comparative more Beiruti, superlative most Beiruti)

more Beiruti (comparative)
most Beiruti (superlative)

From Arabic بَيْرُوتِيّ (bayrūtiyy, “Beiruti”). Equivalent to Beirut + -i.


Greater Syria

A region in the Middle East consisting roughly of Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Jordan


cedar of Lebanon

en-noun

cedar of Lebanon (plural cedars of Lebanon)

A large tree native to the mountains of Lebanon, Cedrus libani subsp. libani, which was known throughout the ancient Middle East for its highly prized wood.


Beirutian

Of or pertaining to Beirut, Lebanon; Beiruti.


Beirutian

A native or inhabitant of Beirut, Lebanon; a Beiruti.


Blue Line

A UN peacekeeper on the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon was injured in cross-border fire, the world body said.

2023 October 29, Bethan McKernan, “Civil order ‘starting to break down’ in Gaza as people raid UN warehouses”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

The demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel published by the United Nations in June 2000.