Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Juber & Menaui
English translation:
Zubeir/Zubayr - Manawi
Added to glossary by
athena22
Mar 5, 2002 18:58
22 yrs ago
French term
Juber & Menaui
French to English
Other
Historical Geography/travelogues
These are place names from a 19th century travelogue of Iraq and the surrounding region. Other names that appear are Bassorah (Basra), Baghdad, and Marguille (Margil). Juber is said to be about 3 hours from Basra and Menaui is not too far from Margil.
I haven't found either of these in searching, and would like to be able to offer both the French and the modern-English equivalents of the places. (But if I can't, then I can't.)
Thanks in advance
I haven't found either of these in searching, and would like to be able to offer both the French and the modern-English equivalents of the places. (But if I can't, then I can't.)
Thanks in advance
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | Zubeir/Zubayr - Manawi |
Evert DELOOF-SYS
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| 4 | Juber & Menaui |
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
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| 2 -1 | Juber Ben Hayan Bus Station Damascus |
zaphod
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Proposed translations
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Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Belgium
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Zubeir/Zubayr - Manawi
Zubeir/Zubayr lies indeed in the neighbourhood of Basrah
... The friend is a Saudi born some 25 years ago in the Iraqi town of Zubeir, close
to Saudi Arabia, who spent his school years in Kuwait. An Iraqi cousin about ...
www.washington-report.org/backissues/0491/9104039.htm
Historical map:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/basra_iraq1942.jpg
Margil / Maqil / Ma'qil:
... 5 Margil, spelled in British documents Maqil or Ma'qil, is ... administrative and command
relationships of British forces in Iraq and Iran to GHQ, India, and GHQ ...
www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/persian/ench02.htm
and I found Manawi (with '-' on the second 'a' and the 'i') on Encarta, a town indeed not far from Al Ma'qil :)
... The friend is a Saudi born some 25 years ago in the Iraqi town of Zubeir, close
to Saudi Arabia, who spent his school years in Kuwait. An Iraqi cousin about ...
www.washington-report.org/backissues/0491/9104039.htm
Historical map:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/basra_iraq1942.jpg
Margil / Maqil / Ma'qil:
... 5 Margil, spelled in British documents Maqil or Ma'qil, is ... administrative and command
relationships of British forces in Iraq and Iran to GHQ, India, and GHQ ...
www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/persian/ench02.htm
and I found Manawi (with '-' on the second 'a' and the 'i') on Encarta, a town indeed not far from Al Ma'qil :)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you!"
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47 mins
Juber Ben Hayan Bus Station Damascus
Reference found on Gogle.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Steven Geller
: I beg to differ, since the Syrian border is 2 to 3 days journey from Basra, it could not fit this 3 hours from Basra context.
32 mins
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It was a wild guess, and the only reference I could find. Glad someone else got it.
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48 mins
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
Canada
Canada
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Canada
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Works in: English to French
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Juber & Menaui
I don't think I would translate. For Menaui, only 2 hits on Google!
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