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List of Arabic place names

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This is a list of traditional Arabic place names. This list includes:

Places involved in the history of the Arab world and the Arabic names given to them.
Places whose official names include an Arabic form.
Places whose names originate from the Arabic language.

All names are in Standard Arabic and academically transliterated. Most of these names are used in modern times, but many of these Arabic forms are not in active use in their namesake places—indeed, modern Arabic names for the same places have often changed to reflect and respect the place's modern non-Arabic pronunciation.

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“In the year 253 Hijri(867-868), Khafajah marched from Balram (Palermo) to the city of Saraqusah (Syracuse) and Qaṭāniyyah (Catania), ruining the land and destroyed its crops.” Ibn al-Athir, al-Kamal fi at-Tarikh.

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«And six miles from Liyāj (Acireale) sits the city of Qaṭāniyyah (Catania), and it is the beautiful country known as the Balad al-Fīl, lofty in status and lofty in mention. Its gardens are many, and the elephant with which it is famous is a statue made of stone in the image of an elephant. It was erected on a tall building in the past, then it was moved now and it is erected inside the city in the monks’ church.» Muhammad al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq (Summary of the original Arabic text).

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«Qaṭāniyyah (Catania): also known as Madinat al-Fīl, is a large city within the island of Siqilliyah (Sicily), on the roof of a great palace in the city, which overlooks the court house, there an image of a standing elephant can be seen, carved from hard black stone that resembles the rock found within a Volcano» Muhammad bin Abdul-Mun'im Al-Hamiri, الروض المعطار في خبر الأقطار.(Summary of the original Arabic text)

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«Qaṭāliyyah (Catania): also known as Qaṭāniyyah, is an ancient city with churches furnished with speckled marble, it lies on the coast of the island of Siqilliya (Sicily) and sits at the foot of Jabal al-Nār (Mount Etna), it has an elephant statue made of stone and for that it is known as Madinat al-Fīl.» Yaqut al-Hamwi. معجم البلدان.

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«Ibn Hawqal said: And Wādī Al-Ḥijāra is near the Madinat Salem. Ibn Saeed said: To the east of Ṭulayṭilah(Toledo) is the Madinat al-Faraj, and its river is called Wādī Al-Ḥijāra, and to its east is Madinat Salem.» Abu al-Fida', تقويم البلدان

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List_of_Arabic_place_names

List of Arabic place names

ا ʼAlif

ب Bāʼ

ت Tāʼ

ث Ṯhāʼ

ج Ǧīm

ح Ḥāʼ

خ Khāʼ

د Dāl

ذ Ḏāl

ر Rāʼ

ز Zāy

س Sīn

ش Šīn

ص Ṣād

ض Ḍād

ط Ṭāʼ

ظ Ẓāʼ

ع ʻAyn

غ Ġayn

ف Fāʼ

ق Qāf

ك Kāf

ل Lām

م Mīm

ن Nūn

و Wāw

ي Yāʼ

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