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Byb⋅los

[bib-luhs]
–noun
an ancient Phoenician seaport near the modern city of Beirut, Lebanon: chief port for the export of papyrus: site now partially excavated.
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Byb·los   (bĭb'ləs, -lŏs')   
An ancient city of Phoenicia north-northeast of present-day Beirut, Lebanon. It was the chief city of Phoenicia in the second millennium B.C. and was noted for its papyruses.
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