411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Ghassan
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
Etymology
Said to be named after a nearby lake of the same name.
Proper noun
A former Arab kingdom in the Levant which functioned as a client state to the Byzantine Empire.
en Greece Under the Romans The Arabs or Saracens, who inhabited the district between Kirkesium and Idumæa, were divided into two kingdoms,—that of Ghassan, towards Syria, maintained an alliance with the Romans; 1744 George Finlay 322 https://archive.org/details/ost-history-greece_under_the_romans/page/n347 William Blackwood and Sons https://archive.org/details/ost-history-greece_under_the_romans
en male Arabic.
Derived terms
en Ghassanian
Anagrams
en aaghnss sanghas
en Former polities