Liban (disambiguation)

Liban is the French equivalent for Lebanon, especially in references dating to the French colonial rule of the country. It is also commonly used in official Lebanese publications and on Lebanese stamps. Liban (Somali: Liibaan) is also a Somali given name, meaning victorious.

Liban also may refer to:

Related to Lebanon[edit]

Air Liban or Middle East Airlines, a Lebanese national airline
Mont-Liban, the French name for Mount Lebanon, a mountain range in Lebanon
Télé Liban, a Lebanese public television network

Political divisions[edit]

Mont-Liban, for the Mount Lebanon Governorate
Liban-Nord, North Governorate
Liban-Sud, South Governorate

People[edit]

Given name[edit]

Liban Abdi (born 1988), Norwegian football player of Somali origin
Liban Abdi Egal, Somali entrepreneur and banker
Liban Hussein, Canadian entrepreneur and businessman
Liban Abdulahi, Dutch professional footballer
Liban Yusuf Osman, Deputy Minister of Health Development of Somaliland
Liban Daher Djama, [[IGAD Secretary (Djibouti,Kenya)|prominent Deputy secretary of IGAD Djibouti

Surname[edit]

Abdisalam Haji Ahmed Liban (fl. 2006–2018), Somali diplomat
Taddasa Liban (fl. 1956), Ethiopian writer
Mohammed Awale Liban (fl. 1954–1964, Somali scholar
Mohamed Mooge Liibaan, a prominent Somali instrumentalist and vocalist
Ahmed Mooge Liibaan, a prominent Somali instrumentalist and vocalist

Other uses[edit]

Lí Ban (mermaid) or Liban, legendary Irish mermaid
Libáň, a town in Czech Republic
Liban (or Libán), a village in Suseni, Harghita, Romania
Liben Zone, a zone in the Somali Region of Ethiopia