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I don't understand the comment that the "masada" station is named for Masada. Clearly, this cannot be true, as the historical site is called מצדה, Mezada in Hebrew, not "masada". In reality, the "masada" station is named after the "masada" street next to it. I don't know what the street name refers to. Is it a name given by the British and later adopted by Israel? There must be some interesting story behind it.
BTW, if we mentioned Masada, why not also mention Paris, which is arguably more relevant? The Paris Square, and its caremlit station, was supposedly (from what I heared) named after France's capital in thanks for the contribution of French companies in building the Carmelit.
Nyh 29 June 2005 09:46 (UTC)
Now people are starting to translate other station names, like Bnei Zion ("sons of Zion") and Ha'neviim ("the prophets"). These translations look out of place to me: these station names do not actually carry any literal meaning that needs to be translated. The Bnei Zion station was not named after some generic "sons of Zion" and the Haneviim station has nothing to do with prophets. Instead, the Bnei Zion station is named after the Bnei Zion Hospital next to it, and this hospital was named after the Bnei Zion organization, which its relationship with "sons of Zion" needs to be explained in its own article. Similarly, the neviim station is named after a street by that name, not after the prophets. The Massada station was named after the street that itself perhaps was named after the historic site. The only station, in my opinion, that carries an original meaning that should be translated, is Paris Square - this is a new square built when they built the Carmelit, and it was named in thanks to the French company that built the Carmelit (as far as I heard).
Nyh 07:53, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Network Map Graphic - Mistake
Hanevi'im station is incorrectly spelled as Manevi'im (i.e. the H is incorrectly spelled as M). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EngineeringCat (talk • contribs) 06:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC). --EngineeringCat 06:32, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
