Talk:Ain al-Hilweh

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[edit] meaning of the name

Just a comment regarding the meaning of Ain-el-Hilwi, in arabic Ain has two meanings, eye or water spring, hilwi also may have more than a meaning depending what it is describing, if its describing water, then it might be translated as (pure), so i guess the real meaning would be ( the pure spring) as short for (land of the pure water spring) especially since there used to be some water springs in the past.213.42.2.11 05:23, 10 August 2006 (UTC)nosey

That's what I thought too, but my Arabic is too poor to make this call. Does any Arabic-speaking editor know for sure what is the meaning of the name?--Doron 12:24, 5 June 2007 (UTC)