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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 ...
The following is a list of countries in the Middle East sorted by projected population. Table. Rank Country (or dependent territory) 2020 projection [1] % of pop.
A country in the Middle East. Its name is inspired by Abu Dhabi (city in the UAE) and Yemen. [1] Absurdistan: Politische Studien (1971) [2] An imaginary land in which absurdity is the norm, especially in its public authorities and government. [3] Absurdistan, Republic of Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart (2006) [4]
Bialya: A fictional Middle Eastern country from DC Comics. Endostan: A Middle Eastern sultanate which appears in an episode of the Canadian action-adventure series Relic Hunter. Hobeika and Salmaah: Two warring Middle Eastern sultanates which appear in the French-British movie Day of the Falcon. Kamistan: From the TV series 24.
Brutopia: country appearing in several Donald Duck stories, possibly referring to the Soviet Union; Contraria: from the series WordGirl is the homeland of Nocan the Contrarian. Double Crossia: a country mentioned in the Three Stooges short You Nazty Spy; Elbonia: Eastern European country from the comic strip Dilbert
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
Country Projected population (16 January 2025) Pct of total UN Population estimates Annual growth [a] Doubling time (years) [b] 1 July 2023 1 July 2022 Increment
Most sovereign states have alternative names. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Some have special names particular to poetic diction or other contexts. This article attempts to give all known alternative names and initialisms for all nations, countries, and sovereign states, in English and any ...