Associations to the word «Byblos»

Wiktionary

BYBLOS, proper noun. Port city in Lebanon

Dictionary definition

BYBLOS, noun. An ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats