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place
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Value
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significance
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explanation
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Al Namous
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>al
namous
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derived from Naous, general
term which means Tomb.
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In this neighborhood, there
is a small artificial cave dug in the rock called Mghorit El Jenniyey - the cave
of the fairy - and which could be an old tomb.
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Arid Al Hajj
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<arid
>al
haj
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Al `Arid could mean the flat
field, Hajj means pilgrim (to Mekka and in some rare cases to Jerusalem)
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Literally, "the field of the pilgrim", reminiscence of the ownership of this field by a Moslem dignitary (Shiite ?).
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Haqlet Hablos
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haqlit hablos |
the field of Hablos
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Hablos (Hablas) is a surname
known in Lebanon (and also in Egypt). The Patriarch Estephan Al Douiahy
quotes in his history several clergymen bearing this surname. In Tripoli, it
was even a name of a Moslem worship place called "Mal Hablas Biljoun" (1519 AD)
(Dr. Issam Khalifé - Lebanon in the file of Istanbul -Beirut 1999).
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Al Harim
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>al harym |
the place reserved to the women
(Harem)
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place rather of Islamic tradition or from Haram (sacred, consecrated for pagan gods). In the village, the tradition says that Shiite women used to gather in this place for washing and bathing, the place being irrigated by the torrent elMsil.
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`Ayn Al Sabha
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<ayn
>al
sabha |
Al Sabha fountain
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possible reminiscence of the family of Ibn Al Sabha (see in this site the story of Ibn Al Sabha). No Sabha family is counted among the present Kfarsghab families.
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Al Maql`ae
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>al maqla> |
The quarry
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One can see in the village stones taken from there
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Al Maq`od
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>al maq<od |
the seat
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place of meeting and discussion (Agora)
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El Sh^hiray
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>al shyrh |
probably the place where charcoal is prepared (Mach-hara)
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possible if taken into account the proximity of the small forest
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El Sik-riyé
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>al sikriyh |
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small plain below the church of Saint Awtel.
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Al Qale`e
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>al qali< |
rocks
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probably the oldest part of the
village. It is a small rocky hill easy to strengthen (from where perhaps the
name of Kfarsghab -fortified village- is derived)
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Al Ghwaibé
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>al ghwaybih |
The small forest
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Al Buhaireh
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>al bhayrih |
the lake
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Alkhandaq
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>al khandaq |
the ditch
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for irrigation
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Almsil
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>al msil |
the running water
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Kfarsghab is surrounded by two torrents and is crossed by another one. Al Msil is the torrent which separates Kfarsghab from Bane.
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Almarj
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>al marj |
the small plain
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Almarjeh
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>al marjih |
the smaller plain
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Alqattin
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>al qattyn |
small and narrow place in the bottom of the valleys
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Common name in the villages of
North Lebanon
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Elhorsh
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>al hrs |
the village forest.
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Each village had its Horsh.
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Elbaal
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>al ba<il |
High-place. intended for
the worship of Baal. land consecrated to Baal
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Many villages have their Baal
in their higher parts. According to the tradition, a land qualified as "Baal"
is one which is not irrigated by a source and is the plantations cultivated
there do not require irrigation (irrigated by the will of Baal, agricultural
god par excellence).
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Elkroum
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>al krwm |
the vineyards
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There are the high vineyards
and the low vineyards. In the Hellenistic era in the region, the Deity Helios-Kronos could have been the equivalent of EL-Akroun[m] (hence Jabal Akroum to the North according to Dr Youssef Hourani in his book Majahil Tarikh Al Finiqiyyeen - First Edition 1999 - Dar Al Thaqafah - Beirut p. 78). EL-Kroum could be derived from this period and dedicated to this deity, especially that El-Kroum is adjacent to the sacred region of Baal.
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Al Keddaneh
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>al kiddanih |
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Brahin S hour
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Brohyn Shwr |
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Al Qammou<ah
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>al qammou<ah |
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Al Thlaijeh
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>al thlayjeh |
small snow or tell Aijeh
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tell Aisheh ?
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Al Qlaynsieh
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>al qlaynsiyeh |
the small hermitage
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Alqarqouf
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>al qarqwf |
the skull
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A rock with the shape of a skull could be seen in this area, near Al Qlaynsieh
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Horba
|
horbah |
the empty place
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El N'orine
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>al nqaryn |
the stone cutters ?
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Elhawla
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>al hawlah |
Non consecrated land. Communal land
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Geographically, Hawla is opposite to Baal
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Almahqon
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>al mahqon |
the water tank
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Haret el tahteh
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harit
>al
tahtah
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the low district
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Haret el fawqa
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the high district
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Shir el hmam
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syr >al
hmam |
the rock of the pigeons in arabic, could be also the rock Haram (from Hama)
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rocky headland overlooking Marj; maybe consecrated to Baal for the offerings
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El nabou^oh
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>al nabw<ah |
the small source
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Ain Al smaileh
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<ayn
>al
smayleh |
slaimeh = statue of the god - Sanam, Salam
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the fountain of the statue of the god, all the neighborhood was consecrated to Baal
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Mar ghostine
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mar ghostyn |
Saint Augustin
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old church in the area of Marj, fallen in ruins and whose restoration was undertaken by our cousin Khairallah Abboud.
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Mart mouro
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mart moura |
Saint Moura of local tradition.
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Church located in the area
of the source of the village. Each village of the North has practically a
church dedicated to Mart Moura. Next to Mart Moura of Kfarsghab, there is
traditionally the old cemetery of the village. During the festival of Mart
Moura (September 26), the village meets and celebrates there a mass dedicated
for the rest of the souls of those forebears and then, a pastoral meal is
organized and the children explore the cave of Mart Moura, from where comes
the source of the village.
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Mghorit mart mouro
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mghorit mart moura |
the cave of Mart Moura
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Al Mtall
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>al mtall |
Open area located on the valley side of the village, or shady
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used in the old times to call people on the other side of the valley, below Mtall, the region is very shady with a lot of trees
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Al' Otih
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>al >oti< |
the bank of the valley opposed to Mtall
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Al 'ro^ir
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>al >ro>yr |
The lambs or the limits (of the village) from qa`aqour and plural qa`aqir
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area at the bottom of the valley between Kfarsghab and Aïn Tourine, probably used during the wintertime as place of hibernation of the herds far from the snow.
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