مَعْنَقَةٌA curved piece of rock. 2 And بَلَدٌ مَعْنَقَةٌA country in which there is no abiding, by reason of the dryness and barrenness of the ground thereof: thus says Sgh: but in the Nawádir el-Aaráb it is said that
بِلَادٌ means countries that are distant, or remote.
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