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المغدورية

English translation: Al-Maghdooriyya


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Arabic to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
Arabic term or phrase: المغدورية
It is a meeting place where Lebanese chiefs and governors ...etc were used to meet to elect who they want him to be their governor.
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Saraa
Saraa Hafez
Egypt
Local time: 10:59
English translation:Al-Maghdooriyya
Explanation:
Most probably a proper noun -- a village, a church building, a palace, or a hall.


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Fuad Yahya
United States
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Thank you Mr. Fuad
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Al-Maghdooriyya


Explanation:
Most probably a proper noun -- a village, a church building, a palace, or a hall.


فؤاد


Fuad Yahya
United States
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2411
Grading comment
Thank you Mr. Fuad

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adil Osman: i am intrigued by this name. does denote a place as such where some chief or leader has been killed/assassinated? it might be rooted in some plausible Lebanese history.
9 hrs

agree  sktrans: sounds plausible. Agree with Adil's comment about treachery or betrayal
12 hrs
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