Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 11:54:26 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: any idea?


ethiopia is al Habasha and not al-Habshi. al-habashi
means a male ethiopian..
and Egypt is pronounced Misr and not Musr...

--- Matthew Shenoda <shenoda-AT-sfsu.edu> wrote:
> Robert is right about Al Sudan...  Some countries
> are "The..." others are
> not. ... Ethiopia for example is Al Habashi, Egypt
> on the other hand is just
> Musr. no Al... 
> 
> M
> 
> 
> >> Saeed - as simple, surely, as this:  Sudanese
> call their country Al-Sudan/
> >> As-Sudan - The Sudan. (the original Arabic name
> was Bilad as-Sudan, Land of
> >> the Blacks )...
> >> robert
> >> 
> >>>>> saeed.urrehman-AT-anu.edu.au 12/20/01 08:40AM >>>
> >> greg, do you have any idea why "Sudan,"  a
> country, is referred to as "the
> >> Sudan"?
> >> 
> >> saeed
> >> 
> >> 
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