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The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic
The intro to a 1950s gazetteer
for 35,000 placenames of Arabian Peninsula and surrounding waters and islands contains a glossary of generic toponymic features {{Glossaries of science and engineering Lists of place name etymologies Geography-related lists Arabic toponyms Arabic toponyms * Arabic language Wikipedia glossaries using description lists
The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic toponym
Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''wikt:toponym, toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage, and types. ''Toponym'' is the general term for ...
s. A significant number of them were put together during the PEF Survey of Palestine
The PEF Survey of Palestine was a series of surveys carried out by the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) between 1872 and 1877 for the completed Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) and in 1880 for the soon abandoned Survey of Eastern Palestine. The ...
carried out in the second half of the 19th century.
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* Maghreb place name etymology * 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 understo ...
* List of Arabic place names
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The intro to a 1950s gazetteer
for 35,000 placenames of Arabian Peninsula and surrounding waters and islands contains a glossary of generic toponymic features {{Glossaries of science and engineering Lists of place name etymologies Geography-related lists Arabic toponyms Arabic toponyms * Arabic language Wikipedia glossaries using description lists