elevation ~379 m
Deir Koucheh is in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon, roughly 20 km from Beirut in a straight line. Its closest Chouf neighbours are Bechtfine (~1.1 km), Ammiq (~2.0 km) and Deir El Qamar (~2.0 km).
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Deir Koucheh is a town in the Chouf District of Mount Lebanon.
In Syriac the first element means a monastery of monks and hermits, while the second is interpreted by Hbeika and Armala as 'Abyssinian' (from a root meaning Abyssinia), so some explained the name as 'Monastery of the Abyssinian'. One modern researcher traced the word to French 'cache', i.e. a Crusader-era 'hideout'. No remains of any monastery or old building have yet been identified to settle the matter.
The name Deir Koucheh points to a monastery — readings run from a Syriac word for monks and hermits, to "the Abyssinian’s monastery", to a French derivation left from the Crusader period. No trace of any monastery or early building has been found in the village, so the reading cannot be settled.
area ~150 ha · ~28 km from Beirut
ضو، دبيسي، العريسي، القادر، مخيبر، أبي سعد، إندراوس
The village is rich in water, with many springs, and the course of the Safa river runs close by.
The town of Deir Koucheh is in the Chouf district of Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, about 28 km from Beirut, at around 379 m elevation.
Deir Koucheh is about 28 km from Beirut.
In Syriac the first element means a monastery of monks and hermits, while the second is interpreted by Hbeika and Armala as 'Abyssinian' (from a root meaning Abyssinia), so some explained the name as 'Monastery of the Abyssinian'. One modern researcher traced the word to French 'cache', i.e. a Crusader-era 'hideout'. No remains of any monastery or old building have yet been identified to settle the matter.
Families associated with Deir Koucheh include: ضو, دبيسي, العريسي, القادر, مخيبر, أبي سعد, إندراوس.
Notable people connected to Deir Koucheh include Sheikh Muhammad Salman Daw, Ghazi Daw, Nour Daw, Alal Ali Daw.
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