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Apr 7, 2005 22:43
19 yrs ago
English term

Kilwa

English to Arabic Social Sciences History History of South Arabia
A port city on the coast of Oman overlooking the Gulf of Oman, Indian Ocean.
Proposed translations (Arabic)
5 +2 كلوه

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Apr 8, 2005:
To Fuad yahya: Sorry again. The question is the Arabic spelling of the Omani city Kilwa.
To Sam Berner and Mona Helal: Google hits I'm afraid are no help.���� is also (a) kidney, ���� is also eat it, ����� gets mixed with kilogram. A good map in Arabic is not available, to me at least.
Sam Berner (X) Apr 8, 2005:
I think the question is, how do you spell this place-name in Arabic, right? Now it looks we have 4 different spellings. What I would do is to enter ���� and each of the four spellings into Google and see which one pulls more answers. Or grab a good atlas.
Fuad Yahya Apr 8, 2005:
Sam has not closed the question. Since you are the asker, you are the only one who can close the question. The point is that I do not yet see a question. I only see a geogrphical statement. A question would help Sam and others provide an answer.
Sam Berner (X) Apr 8, 2005:
Yes, they all do mention that it is on a small island east of Zanzibar and that it was an Omani major trading post.
Non-ProZ.com Apr 8, 2005:
To Fuad Yahya: Sorry Fuad that I was not very clear. I think Sam Berner has just closed the question.
To Sam Berner: Text sort of implies it is in Oman on the Omani coast. There's definitely a Kilwa in Zanzibar, 3 of them, maps refer to them as Kilwa Kivinji, Kilwa Masoko and an island Kilwa Kisiwani. Do the other references you refer to with the - �- refer to Tanzania also.
Fuad Yahya Apr 7, 2005:
Since this is a name of a City, what exactly is the question? How can we help you?

Proposed translations

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كلوه

It is a city built by the Sultan Said Bin Sultan of Oman in 1828 AD on an island just of the coast of Zanzibar

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-04-07 23:01:45 GMT)
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في بعض المراجع الأخري \"كلوة\"

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Note added at 19 mins (2005-04-07 23:03:09 GMT)
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sorry, \"off the coast\" not \"of the coast\" :-) It belonged to Oman, but was not in Oman.
Reference:

http://www.imamreza.net/arb/imamreza.php?id=2385

Peer comment(s):
agree Mona Helal : also spelt as كيلوا as in http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:S3l7mTyO4YEJ:www.ksu.edu.... kilwa&hl=en&lr=lang_ar - another spelling is كلوا
1 hr
thanks, Mona. Interesting how a place created by Arabs can have more than one Arabic spelling. Amazing!
agree Mohamed Elsayed
18 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Sam. Also to Mona Helal. Thanks to Fuad Yahya for putting up with me."
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