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The Bou Saba Family (also Busaba) is a Melkite Greek Catholic family from Lebanon. It is one of the oldest families who has lived in Mieh ou Mieh Village, in Sidon, to the south of the Lebanese capital Beirut, with roots dating back to the 1800s. The family is very well known in Sidon region, and has a reputation for excellence in international business and academia where several members of the family are prominent academic researchers and business entrepreneurs. Today, a large portion of the family live in Beirut and outside Lebanon, where the vast majority lives in the USA, Canada and Australia and also it has one family in Britain and a few in France. ==Family roots== Miye ou Miye is a village in southern Lebanon located 5 km (3.2 mi) East of Sidon and 45 km (28 mi) south of the capital Beirut and it overlooks the Mediterranean Sea. The village lies at an average altitude of 156 m (512 ft) above sea level. Legend has it there are two possible root words for the name of the town Miye ou Miye: * First: It stems from the Phoenician language “Mio Mia”, which means a place where there is mummification water; In fact, there are many Phoenician tombs located at Beirut National Museum that were found by the Missionary Dr. George Ford while building Gerard Institute for the boys (1881) and other facilities and halls on Miye ou Miye land. This is the most likely explanation for the name of the town. * Second: Due to abundance of water in the area, the village was named Mayya w Mayya, meaning water and water in Aramaic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bou Saba Family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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