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beqaa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-qaa
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A fertile valley in eastern Lebanon, spanning the Baalbek-Hermel and Beqaa governorates.

name

A governorate of Lebanon, one of two spanned by the Beqaa valley.

Etymology

Adapted from Arabic البِقَاع (al-biqāʕ, literally “the Beqaa”) or local North Levantine Arabic البْقاع (l-bʔāʕ, l-bqāʕ), seemingly originally from بِقَاع (biqāʕ, “splotches, patches, areas, regions”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: البِقَاع, البْقاع

Inflected Forms

Becaa (alternative) Bekaa (alternative) Biqa (alternative)

Synonyms

Beqaa Valley

Questions

What does beqaa mean?
A fertile valley in eastern Lebanon, spanning the Baalbek-Hermel and Beqaa governorates.
Where does beqaa come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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