# Libanon
## Afrikaans
### Proper noun

Libanon
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; capital: Beiroet)

#### Derived terms

* Libanees

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪbanon]

### Proper noun

Libanon m inan (relational adjective libanonský, demonym Libanonec, female demonym Libanonka)
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Libanon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Libanon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Libanon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

Libanon
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

#### Related terms

* libaneser
* libanesisk

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Libanon n
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

## Esperanto
### Noun

Libanon
* accusative of Libano

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן (ləḇānôn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlibɑnon/, [ˈlibɑ̝no̞n]
* Rhymes: -ibɑnon
* Hyphenation: Li‧ba‧non

### Proper noun

Libanon
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Libanon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Libanonini
accusative
nom.
Libanonini
gen.
Libanonini
genitive
Libanonini
partitive
Libanoniani
inessive
Libanonissani
elative
Libanonistani
illative
Libanoniini
adessive
Libanonillani
ablative
Libanoniltani
allative
Libanonilleni
essive
Libanoninani
translative
Libanonikseni
abessive
Libanonittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Libanonisi
accusative
nom.
Libanonisi
gen.
Libanonisi
genitive
Libanonisi
partitive
Libanoniasi
inessive
Libanonissasi
elative
Libanonistasi
illative
Libanoniisi
adessive
Libanonillasi
ablative
Libanoniltasi
allative
Libanonillesi
essive
Libanoninasi
translative
Libanoniksesi
abessive
Libanonittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Libanonimme
accusative
nom.
Libanonimme
gen.
Libanonimme
genitive
Libanonimme
partitive
Libanoniamme
inessive
Libanonissamme
elative
Libanonistamme
illative
Libanoniimme
adessive
Libanonillamme
ablative
Libanoniltamme
allative
Libanonillemme
essive
Libanoninamme
translative
Libanoniksemme
abessive
Libanonittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Libanoninne
accusative
nom.
Libanoninne
gen.
Libanoninne
genitive
Libanoninne
partitive
Libanonianne
inessive
Libanonissanne
elative
Libanonistanne
illative
Libanoniinne
adessive
Libanonillanne
ablative
Libanoniltanne
allative
Libanonillenne
essive
Libanoninanne
translative
Libanoniksenne
abessive
Libanonittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Libanoninsa
accusative
nom.
Libanoninsa
gen.
Libanoninsa
genitive
Libanoninsa
partitive
Libanoniaan Libanoniansa
inessive
Libanonissaan Libanonissansa
elative
Libanonistaan Libanonistansa
illative
Libanoniinsa
adessive
Libanonillaan Libanonillansa
ablative
Libanoniltaan Libanoniltansa
allative
Libanonilleen Libanonillensa
essive
Libanoninaan Libanoninansa
translative
Libanonikseen Libanoniksensa
abessive
Libanonittaan Libanonittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* libanonilainen

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːbanɔn/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Libanon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Libanons or Libanon)
* Lebanon, Mount Lebanon (a mountain range in the country of Lebanon, Western Asia)

#### Related terms

* Antilibanon

### Proper noun

Libanon m or n (proper noun, strong, genitive Libanons or Libanon)
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
    Synonym: Zedernstaat

#### Usage notes

* The word is sometimes used without a definite article as in English: Libanon, in Libanon. In this case, the genitive is always Libanons, for example Libanons Hauptstadt (“Lebanon's capital”).
* More commonly, however, the definite article is used with the name: der Libanon, im Libanon. In this case, the genitive usually is des Libanon, although des Libanons is also correct: die Hauptstadt des Libanon(s) (“the capital of Lebanon”).

#### Meronyms

* Nordlibanon
* Südlibanon

#### Derived terms

* Libanese
* libanesisch

### Further reading

* “Libanon” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlibɒnon]
* Hyphenation: Li‧ba‧non
* Rhymes: -on

### Proper noun

Libanon
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; official name: Libanoni Köztársaság)

#### Derived terms

* libanoni

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch Libanon, from Biblical Hebrew לְבָנוֹן (ləḇānôn), from Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”) (Compare Hebrew לָבָן (lāḇān, “white”), Arabic لَبَن (laban, “milk”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [liˈbanɔn]
* Hyphenation: Li‧ba‧non

### Proper noun

Libanon
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Libanon
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

#### Related terms

* libaneser
* libanesisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Libanon
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

#### Related terms

* libanesar
* libanesisk

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Lȉbanon m (Cyrillic spelling Ли̏банон)
* (Bosnia, Croatia) Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
    Synonym: (Bosnian, Serbian) Liban

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlibanɔn]

### Proper noun

Libanon m inan (genitive singular Libanonu, declension pattern of dub)
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

#### Declension
### References

* “Libanon”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /líːbanɔn/

### Proper noun

Lȋbanon m inan
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

#### Related terms

* Líbanonec / Líbanonka
* líbanonski

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Libanon n (genitive Libanons)
* Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

#### Related terms

* libanes
* libanesisk
* libanesiska

### References

* Libanon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH