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Meaning of Ghassan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A former Arab kingdom in the Levant which functioned as a client state to the Byzantine Empire.

Examples

“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; […]”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Ghassanian Ghassanid Ghassemi ghassoul Ghassulian ghast