محافظات العراق بالانكليزي , Iraq's provinces in English , محافظات العراق بالانجليزي محافظات العراق بالانكليزي , Iraq's provinces in English , محافظات العراق بالانجليزي محافظات العراق بالانكليزي , Iraq's provinces in English , محافظات العراق بالانجليزي
Iraq
Likely that the word Iraq is due in its origin to heritage language Iraqi antiquity is derived from the word Uruk or Oonuk, means settler, and (Ark) means the place also, Iraq's first human settlement since the beginning of creation, it is worth mentioning that the word Uruk is the basis of the root which is derived from the name of the city Sumerian Warka in Samawah, southern Iraq, and as a summary of views suggests that Iraq's name is derived from the word of Uruk, and the meaning of the word Iraq in Arabic is (the land of the coast).
It is said that the reason for the name of the name of its proximity to the sea, and all equator at sea or a river called Iraq, and said that Iraq collection Irqa and Aerqh hit of the bird, and said Iraq collect sweat, and the veins of the large rivers and its ramifications.
Baghdad province
Baghdad (Bgdaz and Bgmad Bgmaz Bgden Bgdan and Mgdan, the whole name of the city of peace)
Meaning of the name Baghdad (Genena or orchard beloved) as Abu Ja'far al-Mansur built his new capital on the location of the village was known as the (Baghdad) since the days of Hammurabi (18 century BC). And called (City of Peace) named after heaven, like he had to understand the first part composite of her name in the language of the people of ancient Babylon, namely grove or El Geneina. Where the word (Bagh) Aramaic means that, while the second part of its name (Dad) means beloved. So meaning is Genena beloved friend and his orchard. These linguistic meanings rooted authenticity and long history dating back to the languages of the people of Iraq's past, present, and, God willing, in the future also.
Dohuk governorate
Back label Dohuk as cited by some historians that it consists of two words (DU) and means in Kurdish-two (Hawk) in the sense handful or Saamn yield and mean total Hventan or صاعين yield where you go views historians and narrators that the emir (brother Hando) in the era of kingdom نوزى was takes Hventan or صاعين of grain tax from passing convoys loaded with grain.
Erbil Governorate
Erbil city Assyrian only remained settlement and retain her name to this day, and is likely to be the oldest mention of them was in the writings of King Sumerian Holeki about 2000 years BC format Urbilm, and there were also sits Arbelm and it was within the empire of Ur III, came also mentioned in the writings of the Assyrian and Babylonian the Erbaúalo formula that means four goddess, where was famous for being the centers of famous goddess Ishtar attributed to as Ishtar Arbla.
Sulaymaniyah
There is a difference on why some think the label was found during the excavation for the construction of the city, the ring engraved with the name of Solomon, however, Basha Alababani the Suleiman Pasha and Baghdad, then that label the proportion of the no to the Ottoman Sultan, while others believe that Ibrahim Pasha Baban named the city in relation to his father Sulaiman Pasha.
Nineveh province
It is believed that the name of Nineveh him link gods Nina (goddess of the fish or whale) as well as the Prophet Yunus, alias relegated to Noon and the famous story with whale endorsed by the Koran.
Kirkuk
There are different opinions about the naming of the city, is said to be the name of the name of Kirkuk (Karkar) means ancient Sumerian language torch Naralmmelthbh. And a theory states that naming Kirkuk came from word used by Assyrians Krkhad House Sluch which means fortified city wall, while indicating the oldest records clay tablets written cuneiform found by chance in 1927 in the castle of Kirkuk that piece Kirkhi (Karkha / Castle) was located in Arraboukha (Arafa) province Kotyum. There another hypothesis is based on the writings of the ancient Greek Plutarch where he says Plutarch that when cut Macedonian forces Badia in Syria and crossed the Tigris River in 331 BC Turn Alexander the Great after his battle famous with Darius III towards Babylon by Arabkhi or Arraboukha (Arafa) where the fittest castle (ie Kirkuk Castle) and added Greek writer Plutarch land Arbakhi any (Kirkuk) you see the fire burning permanent and covered rivers of oil and this applies to modern Kirkuk site.
Salahuddin province
Named after the province of that name relative to the (leader Saladin), who was born on American soil in the city of Tikrit, which united the Arabs and free Jerusalem.
Diyala province
According to one of the references, Diyala province, is named to the Diyala River, which was known as the old name (Dialas). It was called in the Abbasid and Ottoman Covenants by Khorasan and the Diyala River is the main river in the province, which was formerly known as Syriac (conspiracy). City of Diyala has emerged of existence as we know it now after twenty years revolution 1920.
Anbar province
Password Inbar is an Arabic word from the source (NPR) and high mean (the store). Called Anbar Manathira For it was a military depot or because it was the repository for wheat and hay and Walsh ***. Is one of the most important cities in the Sassanian period of occupation on Iraq because it is an important military center to protect the capital cities of the Roman attacks.
Babil province
The name Babylon means (God). Has its Quran {name and what was revealed to kings Babylon Harut and Marut}.
Wasit province
Wasit called by that name in relation to the historic city of Wasit built by (pilgrims between Yusuf Thaqafi), and was told that the reason for the designation of the city of Wasit this name due to the fact that the site chosen by the pilgrims to build his city was called (Wasit reeds). And was told that the land was the land of cane, so named Wasit reeds, and was also named Wasit because its mediating between Kufa and Basra.
Najaf
Najaf Arabic name means (Almngeoff) collected Najaf, a place which is surmounted by the water because it is the land of high-like Almsnah repel water than its environs are dam Kalnjd, and Najaf means hill. It is the home of Walid Kaaba Imam faithful Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS).
Karbala
Responded that her name means (Core Babylon), which means a group of villages Babylonian has violated some chroniclers latecomers that and they said that the name came from the anguish and affliction of the tragedy that took place with the killing of Imam Hussein bin Ali (AS) year 61 AH, and embraces the shrine of Imam Hussein bin Ali's grandson Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
Muthanna
I think reason for the label to Commander (Muthanna bin Haritha Shibani). And includes the historic city of Uruk.
Dhi Qar
Dhi Qar relative to historical incident that took place between the Arabs and the Persians before Islam in this geographic area and it was in the eyes of fresh water called the eyes of Dhi Qar, and historical evidence to suggest that this name exists for this area since ancient times. And includes the ancient city of Ur Sumerians inhabited and الأكديون, where he was born Abraham Hebron (p).
Maysan
Believed that the origin of the label Kingdom and then turned into Maysan. It was said that Maysan word meaning land where there are high weeds and grasses that sway with the wind where it was said (Tmis) or swaying, and some said the Maysan planet between denuded and the galaxy, and others said Misana and mean Swagger.
It was launched Mandaeans name (MEES link above) on the Maysan any means water mixed with remnants of the remnants plants marshes, also known Maysan in history as (Maysan) as stated in the effects Sumerian, was launched with the word (Euphrates), and in Hebrew (Maysan) and Farsi (Mason) and Aramaic (Mason), the closest to the word (Misanh), and there are historical novels suggest that the Prophet Adam (AS) fell and his wife Eve in position located is currently a tree called his name on the Tigris River within the town of Qurna, has pointed out some historians to that good architecture built in the time of Nabi Sheet Ben Adam (AS) and including Qurna they were within historical Maysan as well as the land of good, it means there is a correlation in the fact that Adam housing Qurna and his son good chit housing.
Qadissiya
Nicknamed maintain Bakadsah because the village of Qadisiyah, signed by the famous battle of Qadisiyah between the Muslims and the Persians.
Basra
Basra is the land of small stones, said Hamza Isfahani It Persian word origin (but Rah) any roads branched and replayed Jacob Sarkis to Chaldean and said it means the canals or Baasra (replace huts) The word Basra or insight word Akkadian derived from the word door and the word (Asiri ) and mean desert as contained this word in the annals of Sennacherib name tribes fought because they teamed up with Rebel Chaldean Murdoch a country n and called them (Sabi Asiri) any desert dwellers shall be called (Bab Sahara), which is interpreted very close to its geographical position and there labels close to her used the word ( door) door Salmita and Ilo and other door and God knows...