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Topic: Arabic (disambiguation)


  
  Baghdad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد‎ ​ transliterated: Baghdād, from Persian Baagh-daad or Bag-Da-Du meaning “Garden of God” [1]) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate.
It is the second-largest city in Southwest Asia after Tehran and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo, and the largest city in Iraq, with the 2003 population estimated at 5,772,000.
The Barmakids were influent in bringing scholars from the nearby Academy of Gundishapur, facilitating the introduction of Greek science into the Arabic world.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Baghdad   (2141 words)

  
 Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Miṣr, the Arabic and official name for modern Egypt, is of Semitic origin directly cognate with the Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (Mitzráyim), meaning "the two straits", and possibly means "a country" or "a state".
It was the Muslim Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the seventh century to the Egyptians, who gradually adopted both.
Fellah means "tiller", "farmer" or "peasant" in English, and it is the Arabic appellation by which the indigenous rural peoples of the lands conquered by Arabs came to be known.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/egypt   (3942 words)

  
 Wikipedia: Egypt
Egypt (Arabic: مصر Misr) is a large nation of northeastern Africa.
The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 BC, who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines.
It was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who ruled for the next six centuries.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/e/eg/egypt.html   (524 words)

  
 Egypt - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Egypt (Arabic: مصر, romanized Mişr or Maşr, in Egyptian dialect) is the most populous nation of northeastern Africa.
Although it includes the Sinai Peninsula, which is considered part of Southwest Asia, the rest of the country is in North Africa.
In Arabic Egypt is مصر (Mişr) which means literally a country or a state.
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /e/eg/egypt.html   (1010 words)

  
 Jericho at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Jericho (Arabic Arīḥā; Hebrew יריחו Yericho or Yərîḫô) is a town in the West Bank, near the west bank of the Jordan River.
The earliest settlement was located at the present-day Tell es-Sultan (or Tell Sultan), a couple of kilometers from the current city.
Arabic tell means "mound" -- consecutive layers of habitation built up a mound over time, as is common for ancient settlements in the Middle East and Anatolia.
www.wiki.tatet.com /Jericho.html   (697 words)

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