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Pigeons’ Rock, Sabah Nassar’s Rock, or Rock of Raouché – in Beirut

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Pigeons' Rock, Sabah Nassar's Rock, or Rock of Raouché - in Beirut

Iconic rocks off Beirut’s westernmost point where it juts into the Mediterranean Sea. Some historians believe that the word "raouché" derives from the Aramaic word rosh or Arabic word ras, both meaning head. Other historians argue that it is a corruption of the French word roche (rocher), meaning rock.

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