Umm Al Afaei ( ar, ام الافاعي) is a rural district 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
Al Rayyan
Al Rayyan (; also spelled as ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and largely surrounds Metropolitan Doha and funct ...
.
The districts of Umm Leghab and
Lehsiniya
Lehsiniya ( ar, لحصين; also spelled Al Hassaniya) is a village in Qatar located in the municipality of Al-Shahaniya. It is near the eastern border with Al Rayyan Municipality.
Etymology
The name "Lehsiniya" originates from the Arabic word " ...
in
Al-Shahaniya Municipality are nearby to the west.
Etymology
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 ...
, "umm" translates to "mother" and is used as a prefix for geographical features. The second word, "afaei", translates to snakes. Since the area is located on a
rawda (depression), it used to be infested with snakes, earning it its name.
References
Populated places in Al Rayyan
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