Why is Lebanon known as " Laban - white mountains"?

Question

Why is Lebanon known as " Laban - white mountains"?

Answer 1

because many merchants and explorers used to come through and recognize the counry's beautiful white topped mountains, therefore eventually laban, which means white, in i believe semitic language, was used to create a variation of it, libnan, resulting in the name of our country.

Answer 2

The name Lbn comes from the Canaanite (and common West Semitic) root and it means "white", which could be regarded as a reference to the snow-capped Mount Lebanon.

Answer 3

Laban is Aramaic word for white because of its snowy peaks that had given Lebanon its name in antiquity.

Answer 4

Its taken out of the word LABAN which means YOGURT they are famous for exporting LABAN and LABAN-EH they are pure white.

Answer 5

it is known due to the snow caped mountains