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Ayun Al-Samak
Ayun may refer to: * 'Ayūn, a component or Arabic placenames meaning springs, fountains, sources * An alternative form of El Aaiún, a city in Western Sahara * Ayun (woreda), a district of Somali Region, Ethiopia * Ayun, Chitral, a village in Pakistan * Ayun Halliday (born 1965), American writer and actor See also * * Aioun (other) El Aioun may refer to: *Laayoune, Western Sahara (administered and claimed by Morocco) * El Aioun, Mauritania * El Aioun Sidi Mellouk (Morocco) * , a commune in El Taref Province El Taref ( ar, ولاية الطارف) is a province (''wilaya'' ... * El Aioun (other) {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Ayūn
The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic toponyms. A significant number of them were put together during the PEF Survey of Palestine carried out in the second half of the 19th century. A B - Sea, large river. see (sometimes transliterated as Beled or Belled) - Town; see , Well; see , Lake, lagoon; Diminutive of بَحْر (baḥr, “sea”). , Tower, castle; see D H I J K M N O Q , pl. ar, قُبُور - tomb, grave * * R U W See also *Oikonyms in Western and South Asia *Place names of Palestine Many place names in Palestine were Arabized forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used in biblical times or later Aramaic formations. Most of these names have been handed down for thousands of years though their meaning was understood ... References Sources * * * * External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El-Aaiún
Laâyoune ( , also , ) or El Aaiún ( , ; Hassaniya Arabic: , romanized: ; ber, ⵍⵄⵢⵓⵏ, Leɛyun; ar, label= Literary Arabic, العيون, al-ʿUyūn/el-ʿUyūn, lit=The Springs) is the largest city of the disputed territory of Western Sahara, with a population of 217,732 in 2014. The city is under ''de facto'' administration by Morocco. The modern city is thought to have been founded by the Spanish captain Antonio de Oro in 1938. In 1940, Spain designated it as the capital of the Spanish Sahara. Laâyoune is the capital of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region administered by Morocco, under the supervision of the UN peacekeeping mission MINURSO. The town is divided in two by the dry river of Saguia el-Hamra. On the south side is the old lower town, constructed by Spanish colonists. A cathedral from that era is still active; its priests serve this city and Dakhla further south. History ''Laâyoune'' or ''El Aaiún'' are respectively the French and Spanish transli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayun (woreda)
Ayun is a district of Somali Region in Ethiopia. See also * Districts of Ethiopia Districts of Ethiopia, also called woredas ( am, ወረዳ; ''woreda''), are the third level of the administrative divisions of Ethiopia – after ''zones'' and the '' regional states''. These districts are further subdivided into a number of ... References Districts of Somali Region {{Ethiopia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayun, Chitral
Ayun is a town located in Chitral district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 12 km south of the town of Chitral. It is located on the Chitral River at its confluence with the Bumburet River. Mountains surround the village. The Bumburet River runs the length of the village and is harnessed to generate electricity for both Ayun and for the village of Broze. The Bumburet River also provides water for irrigation and for drinking. It is home to a large number of animist Kalash people The Kalasha (Kalasha: کالؕاشؕا, romanised: ''Kaḷaṣa)'', or Kalash, are an Indo-Aryan indigenous people residing in the Chitral District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Kalash population in Pakistan numbers only in .... References CIADP and AVDP join hands for development of Ayun Valley, Chitral Populated places in Chitral District {{Chitral-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayun Halliday
Ayun Halliday is an American writer and actor. She is best known as the author and illustrator (or, as Halliday herself terms it, "the chief primatologist") of the long-running zine ''The East Village Inky''. The zine got its name from Halliday's living in New York City's East Village, and "Inky" being the nickname of her then-infant daughter India. Her first graphic novel, ''Peanut'', was published in December 2012 and was positively reviewed by ''The New York Times''. Early life Halliday was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She attended Park Tudor School and Northwestern University, where she obtained a degree in theater performance. She is also a licensed massage therapist, who completed her training at the Chicago School of Massage Therapy. After graduating, she joined the Neo-Futurists, an experimental theater troupe in Chicago. It was during her tenure with the troupe that she met her husband, playwright Greg Kotis. Personal life She lives in East Harlem, New York. She a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aioun (other)
El Aioun may refer to: *Laayoune, Western Sahara (administered and claimed by Morocco) *El Aioun, Mauritania *El Aioun Sidi Mellouk (Morocco) * , a commune in El Taref Province, Algeria See also * Ayun (other) Ayun may refer to: *'Ayūn, a component or Arabic placenames meaning springs, fountains, sources * An alternative form of El Aaiún, a city in Western Sahara * Ayun (woreda), a district of Somali Region, Ethiopia * Ayun, Chitral, a village in Pakis ... * El Ayoun (other) {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
