This is a list of traditional
Arabic place names. This list includes:
Places involved in the history of the
Arab world and the Arabic names given to them.
Places whose official names include an Arabic form.
Places whose names originate from the Arabic language.
All names are in
Standard Arabic and academically
transliterated. Most of these names are used in modern times, but many of these Arabic forms are not in active use in their namesake places—indeed, modern Arabic names for the same places have often changed to reflect and respect the place's modern non-Arabic pronunciation.
الإسكندرون al-ʼIskandarūn.
İskenderun, Turkey (from Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexandria, as are all the other names derived from Alexander the Great, who founded these cities)
^Pacheco Paniagua, Juan Antonio. Sobre la etimología de Albacete (PDF). Centro de Estudios de Castilla-La Mancha (in Spanish). pp. 71–78. Retrieved May 18, 2012
^The Great Dictionary of the Arabic Language Academy in Egypt(المعجم الكبير لمجمع اللغة العربية في مصر), letter ب, pg. 520
^Société de Géographie de Paris., Recueil de Voyages et de Mémoires publié de la Société de Geographie , Paris: Société de Géographie, part 6 pg.15, QID:
Q51524786
^
ab«And six miles from Liyāj (
Acireale) sits the city of Qaṭāniyyah (Catania), and it is the beautiful country known as the Balad al-Fīl, lofty in status and lofty in mention. Its gardens are many, and the elephant with which it is famous is a statue made of stone in the image of an elephant. It was erected on a tall building in the past, then it was moved now and it is erected inside the city in the monks’ church.»
Muhammad al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq (Summary of the
original Arabic text).
^«Qaṭāniyyah (Catania): also known as Madinat al-Fīl, is a large city within the island of Siqilliyah (
Sicily), on the roof of a great palace in the city, which overlooks the court house, there an image of a standing elephant can be seen, carved from hard black stone that resembles the rock found within a Volcano»
Muhammad bin Abdul-Mun'im Al-Hamiri,
الروض المعطار في خبر الأقطار.(Summary of the
original Arabic text)
^«Qaṭāliyyah (
Catania): also known as Qaṭāniyyah, is an ancient city with churches furnished with speckled marble, it lies on the coast of the island of Siqilliya (
Sicily) and sits at the foot of Jabal al-Nār (
Mount Etna), it has an elephant statue made of stone and for that it is known as Madinat al-Fīl.»
Yaqut al-Hamwi.معجم البلدان.
^Ahmed Tawfiq Al-Madani. Muslims in Sicily and southern Italy(المسلمون في جزيرة صقلية وجنوب إيطاليا). Al-Istiqama Library( مكتبة الاستقامة),
Tunisia,
1365 HIjri(1945-1946) , first edition.
^Société de Géographie de Paris., Recueil de Voyages et de Mémoires publié de la Société de Geographie , Paris: Société de Géographie, part 6 pg.15, QID:
Q51524786
^«Ibn Hawqal said: And Wādī Al-Ḥijāra is near the Madinat Salem. Ibn Saeed said: To the east of
Ṭulayṭilah(Toledo) is the Madinat al-Faraj, and its river is called Wādī Al-Ḥijāra, and to its east is Madinat Salem.»
Abu al-Fida',
تقويم البلدان
This is a list of traditional
Arabic place names. This list includes:
Places involved in the history of the
Arab world and the Arabic names given to them.
Places whose official names include an Arabic form.
Places whose names originate from the Arabic language.
All names are in
Standard Arabic and academically
transliterated. Most of these names are used in modern times, but many of these Arabic forms are not in active use in their namesake places—indeed, modern Arabic names for the same places have often changed to reflect and respect the place's modern non-Arabic pronunciation.
الإسكندرون al-ʼIskandarūn.
İskenderun, Turkey (from Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexandria, as are all the other names derived from Alexander the Great, who founded these cities)
^Pacheco Paniagua, Juan Antonio. Sobre la etimología de Albacete (PDF). Centro de Estudios de Castilla-La Mancha (in Spanish). pp. 71–78. Retrieved May 18, 2012
^The Great Dictionary of the Arabic Language Academy in Egypt(المعجم الكبير لمجمع اللغة العربية في مصر), letter ب, pg. 520
^Société de Géographie de Paris., Recueil de Voyages et de Mémoires publié de la Société de Geographie , Paris: Société de Géographie, part 6 pg.15, QID:
Q51524786
^
ab«And six miles from Liyāj (
Acireale) sits the city of Qaṭāniyyah (Catania), and it is the beautiful country known as the Balad al-Fīl, lofty in status and lofty in mention. Its gardens are many, and the elephant with which it is famous is a statue made of stone in the image of an elephant. It was erected on a tall building in the past, then it was moved now and it is erected inside the city in the monks’ church.»
Muhammad al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq (Summary of the
original Arabic text).
^«Qaṭāniyyah (Catania): also known as Madinat al-Fīl, is a large city within the island of Siqilliyah (
Sicily), on the roof of a great palace in the city, which overlooks the court house, there an image of a standing elephant can be seen, carved from hard black stone that resembles the rock found within a Volcano»
Muhammad bin Abdul-Mun'im Al-Hamiri,
الروض المعطار في خبر الأقطار.(Summary of the
original Arabic text)
^«Qaṭāliyyah (
Catania): also known as Qaṭāniyyah, is an ancient city with churches furnished with speckled marble, it lies on the coast of the island of Siqilliya (
Sicily) and sits at the foot of Jabal al-Nār (
Mount Etna), it has an elephant statue made of stone and for that it is known as Madinat al-Fīl.»
Yaqut al-Hamwi.معجم البلدان.
^Ahmed Tawfiq Al-Madani. Muslims in Sicily and southern Italy(المسلمون في جزيرة صقلية وجنوب إيطاليا). Al-Istiqama Library( مكتبة الاستقامة),
Tunisia,
1365 HIjri(1945-1946) , first edition.
^Société de Géographie de Paris., Recueil de Voyages et de Mémoires publié de la Société de Geographie , Paris: Société de Géographie, part 6 pg.15, QID:
Q51524786
^«Ibn Hawqal said: And Wādī Al-Ḥijāra is near the Madinat Salem. Ibn Saeed said: To the east of
Ṭulayṭilah(Toledo) is the Madinat al-Faraj, and its river is called Wādī Al-Ḥijāra, and to its east is Madinat Salem.»
Abu al-Fida',
تقويم البلدان