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Lod

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Lod , city (1994 pop. 51,200), central Israel. It is also known as Lydda. Its manufactures include paper products, chemicals, oil products, electronic equipment, processed food, and cigarettes. Nearby is Ben-Gurion airport, the nation's chief international airport and the center of its large aircraft industry. The city is a railroad and road junction. Lod was probably of Hebrew foundation and is frequently mentioned in the Bible. It was destroyed (AD 66-70) by the Romans in the Jewish-Roman war and, after the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem (AD 70), became the temporary seat of many famous Jewish teachers. Hadrian rebuilt the city and named it Diospolis. It is the traditional home and place of burial of St. George (4th cent.?), England's patron saint, and has a church in his honor. In the 5th cent. it was the seat of a bishop; a synod of bishops met there in 415. Lod was occupied by the Crusaders in 1099, destroyed by Saladin in 1191, and rebuilt by King Richard I (Richard Coeur de Lion) of England. After the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 most Arabs left the city, which was then settled by Jewish immigrants.

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Lod

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Lod, Israel Lodd, Lydda, Diospolis, al‐Lydd, St Jorge de Lidde The Hebrew name Lydda may have come from a Greek tribe called the Lydda. After Septimus Severus (146–211), Roman emperor (193–211), visited in 200–1 it became a Roman colony with the name Diospolis ‘City of Zeus’ from the Greek dios ‘Zeus’ and polis; the local Jews and Samaritans, however, continued to use the name Lodd. The name was changed to al‐Lydd by the Arabs after their conquest of Palestine in the 7th century. The reputed site of the martyrdom of the legendary St George, patron saint of England, in 1099–1191 it was called St Jorge de Lidde by the crusaders. Awarded to Palestine under the UN partition plan of 1947, it was occupied by Jordanian troops when Arab forces attacked immediately after the new state of Israel was proclaimed in 1948. It was quickly captured by the Israelis and renamed Lod.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

LOD limit(s) of detection

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "LOD." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "LOD." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-LOD.html

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	Israeli Arabs Plan Mass-Mourning of Israel's Founding in Lod. Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx; 5/8/2006
	Lod recycling leader. (Lod Metal Works Ltd.) Magazine article from: Israel Business Today; 10/16/1992
	Lod Metal recycles oil. (Lod Metal Works Ltd.) Magazine article from: Israel Business Today; 1/15/1993