Aleppo

A·lep·po

A0189900 (ə-lĕp′ō) also A·lep (ə-lĕp′) A city of northwest Syria near the Turkish border. Inhabited perhaps as early as the sixth millennium bc, Aleppo was a key point on the caravan route across Syria to Baghdad and later a major center of Christianity in the Middle East.

Aleppo

(əˈlɛpəʊ) n (Placename) an ancient city in NW Syria: industrial and commercial centre; scene of heavy fighting in 2012 between the rebel Free Syrian Army and government forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. Pop: 2 505 000 (2005 est). French name: Alep Arabic name: Haleb

A•lep•po

(əˈlɛp oʊ)

n. a city in NW Syria. 1,878,701. French, A•lep (aˈlɛp)

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Aleppo - a city in northwestern Syria Alep, HalabSyria, Syrian Arab Republic - an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization

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