Sharjah

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Gulf Arabic الشارقة (aš-šārja).[1] Compare Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa), Hijazi Arabic الشارقة f (aš-šārga).

Proper noun

Sharjah

  1. An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
  2. The capital city of Sharjah emirate, United Arab Emirates.

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References

  1. ^ Hamdi A. Qafisheh (1997), NTC's Gulf Arabic-English dictionary, NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 351

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