Ghanduriyah
Sign in to saveAl-Ghandouriyah () is a municipality in Lebanon located in the Bint Jbeil District, south of Froun. It was formerly known as Aidib.
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Al-Ghandouriyah () is a municipality in Lebanon located in the Bint Jbeil District, south of Froun. It was formerly known as Aidib.
==Etymology== In the 1800s, the village was called Aidib, and E. H. Palmer wrote in 1881 that the name came from a local form connected with “much sand”.
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