Larbaâ Nath Irathen

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Larbaâ Nath Irathen (Kabyle: Larebɛa n at Yiraten, or in Tifinagh, Arabic: الأربعاء ناث اراتين) is a town in the middle of Kabylie, Algeria formerly known as Fort National. It had population of 28,000 in 2001.

[edit] Etymology

• Larbaa means "Wednesday" in Arabic, the town's traditional souk day, or "four"/"fourth" in Kabyle
• N means "of"
• Ath Iraten means "sons of Irathen", the name of a major local tribe, recorded by Ibn Khaldun; Irathen may originally have meant "lions".