Umm Ebairiya ( ar, أم عبيرية, Umm ‘Ābirīyah) is a village in
Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...
, located in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Umm Salal
Umm Salal (; also spelled Umm Slal) is a municipality in the State of Qatar.
It contains several historic places, such as Barzan Tower. The municipal headquarters Umm Salal is located in Umm Salal Ali, about 10 km from the coast and 15 ...
.
In the 2015 census, it was listed as a district of
Zone 71, which has a population of 90,835 and also includes all of Umm Salal's other administrative districts.
It borders
Umm Al Amad Umm () means ''mother'' in Arabic. It is a common Arabic feminine given name and generic prefix for Semitic place names. It may refer to:
Places Bahrain
*Ain Umm Sujoor, an archaeological site
*Umm an Nasan, an island
*Umm as Sabaan, an islet
Egy ...
to the east,
Umm Salal Ali
Umm Salal Ali ( ar, أم صلال علي, Umm Şalāl ‘Alī) is the seat of the municipality of Umm Salal in Qatar.
Etymology
In Arabic, "Umm Salal" roughly translates to "mother of rocks". The name "Ali" added onto the end refers to Ali bin ...
to the southeast and
Saina Al-Humaidi to the northeast.
Etymology
"Umm" means mother in
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
and is commonly used as a prefix for geographical features. The second component, "ebairiya", comes from "obri", the local name of a plant that grows abundantly in the region.
Alternative transliterations of the name include Umm ‘Ubayrīyah, Umm Obairiya, Umm A'birieh and Umm Abiriyah.
References
Populated places in Umm Salal
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