Saida

[ sah-ee-dah ]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.

Saida

/ ˈsɑːɪdə /

noun

1. a port in SW Lebanon, on the Mediterranean: on the site of ancient Sidon; terminal of the Trans-Arabian pipeline from Saudi Arabia. Pop: 150 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

The plain about Soor was rather barren of trees—this was one of its greatest defects—that of Saida is much better furnished.

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Saida, like most of the towns on this coast, stands on a sandy point that projects out a short distance into the sea.

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Our path lay through a sandy desert, about two miles in breadth, running parallel with the mountain-range from Saida to Beyrout.

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Now I consider Sidon, or rather Saida, to have been so called from its abounding with saidi or saidan, viz.

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Cosson1089 found natural woods of almond trees near Saida in Algeria.

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