1. baal`bek an ancientcity of Syria, 35 m. NW. of Damascus; called by the Greeks, Heliopolis; once a place of great size, wealth, and splendour; now in ruins, the most conspicuous of which is the GreatTemple to Baal, one of the most magnificent ruins of the East, covering an area of fouracres.
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