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- Maghreb_placename_etymology abstract "The place names of the Maghreb come from a variety of origins, mostly Arabic and Berber, but including a few derived from Phoenician, Latin, and several other languages. This is well illustrated by the three largest cities of Algeria, for instance: Algiers from Arabic al-jazā'ir "the islands", Oran from wahran from Berber wa-iharan "place of lions" and Constantine (Arabic Qasantina قسنطينة) from the Latin name of the emperor Constantine. For a Phoenician name, one has to look a little harder; but take, for instance, Jijel, shortened from Latin Igilgili, from Phoenician i gilgilt "Island of the Skull" (according to Lipinski.)Given the fact that Arabs founded very few cities in the regions they conquered, a large portion of cities in Arab countries have non-Arab etymologies. Many places, however, have had their names changed and "Arabized." The following toponymic elements are common in place names in the Maghreb:agadir, granary, wall (Berber)aghbal أغبال, spring. (Berber)adrar أدرار, mountain. (Berber)tit eye, source, plural tittawin. (Berber)aït or ath آيت, "sons of". (Berber)ighrem "settlement" (Berber) azrou أزرو, "stone" from (Berber) "azru"berkane بركان, "black" from (Berber) aberkan.bordj برج, fort. from Latinbou بو, place of (literally "father of"). Maghrebi Arabic and (Berber), from (Arabic) abū أبو.casbah قصبة, old quarter of a town. (Arabic)chergui شرقي (pl. cheraga شراقة), eastern. (Arabic)chott شطّ, a swampy salt lake. Maghrebi Arabic, from (Arabic) shātī شاطئdar دار, pl. diar ديار, home. (Arabic)djebel جبل, mountain. (Arabic)djemaa جامع, mosque. (Arabic)douar دوار, (traditionally) region about the size of a county (Arabic)erg "field of dunes" (in the Sahara.)foggara "irrigation channel" (in the Sahara.) gharbi غربي, "western" (Arabic)hamada, "barren rock plain" (in the Sahara.)hamra f., hmar m. أحمر, "red" (Arabic)hassi حاسي, "well" (in the Sahara.)idhan "sand dunes", Tamahaq, the Tuareg language. (Berber)ifrane "caves". (Berber)ighil "hill". (Berber)in "of", Tamahaq, Tuareg language. (Berber)kalaa قلعة, "fortress". (Arabic)khemis خميس, "Thursday". (Arabic)ksar قصر, "fortified town, castle". (Arabic) from Latin castrumlalla لالاّ, "female saint". Maghrebi Arabic from (Berber)larbâa "Wednesday". (Arabic)melloul ملول, mellal ملال, mellil مليل, "white" from (Berber) amellal.mersa مرسى, "port" (Arabic)n ن, "of" (Berber)oued واد. Maghrebi Arabic from (Arabic) wādī واديouled ولاد, "sons of" Maghrebi Arabic from (Arabic) awlâd أولاد.ras راس, "cape, head" (Arabic)sebkha ou sabkha, "salt pan"seghir صغير, "small" (Arabic)si سي or sidi سيدي, "male saint" (Arabic)souk سوق, "market" (Arabic) مرسى, searchtadrart "the rock" Tamahaq. (Berber)tala تالا, "spring" (Berber); attested as early as Sallust's time in the form Thala.tan, tin "of, in" Tamahaq. (Berber)taourirt تاوريرت, "hill". (Berber)tedles تدلس, "reeds". (Berber)tehe "pass" Tamahaq, Tuareg language. (Berber)tell تل, "hill" (Arabic)tizi تيزي, "pass" (Berber)tell تل, "hill" (Arabic)Wahran وهران, "city", Literary (Arabic)wan, win "of" Tamahaq. (Berber)zaouia زاوية "Quranic school" Maghrebi Arabic, from (Arabic) "corner".zemmour زمور. (Berber) azemmur, f. tazemmurt "olive tree". Zenati زناتي, from the medieval (Berber) tribe Zenata. zeriba زريبة, "stockade" (Arabic)zmala زمالة, pl. zmoul زمول "encampment"".
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- Maghreb_placename_etymology subject Category:Etymologies_of_geographic_names.
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- Maghreb_placename_etymology subject Category:Names_of_places_in_Africa.
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- Maghreb_placename_etymology comment "The place names of the Maghreb come from a variety of origins, mostly Arabic and Berber, but including a few derived from Phoenician, Latin, and several other languages. This is well illustrated by the three largest cities of Algeria, for instance: Algiers from Arabic al-jazā'ir "the islands", Oran from wahran from Berber wa-iharan "place of lions" and Constantine (Arabic Qasantina قسنطينة) from the Latin name of the emperor Constantine.".
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