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Isn’t “Al” the Arabic definite article? The article keeps referring to it as “The Al Rihla”, i.e. “the the Rihla”.
by wfleming 4y ago
Isn’t “Al” the Arabic definite article? The article keeps referring to it as “The Al Rihla”, i.e. “the the Rihla”.
- mc32 4y agoYes, I take the El Camino down to Redwood City.
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- quickthrower2 4y agoWhat is the ball actually called though! Do they call it just Rihla in Arabic, and use Al when needed, or always refer to it as Al Rihla.
- ycombinete 4y agoThe al is often dropped in casual Arabic. e.g. a restaurant called "Al Shami", will mostly just be called "Shami"
- za3faran 4y agoAre you referring to this one? https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g295424-d3924993-Reviews-Al_Shami_Restaurant-Dubai_Emirate_of_Dubai.html https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g295424-d39249...
- ycombinete 4y agoThat is indeed one of the Shami’s I’d have had in mind! Though there are others. It’s a fairly popular name for restaurants it seems.
- system2 4y agoWe do not translate other languages for the names like that. If so, you need to translate Rihla, which means "trip". Try it like that: "The The Trip".
- gundmc 4y agoMy favorite attraction in the Los Angeles area - "the La Brea Tar Pits" which translates to "the the tar tar pits".
- dnh44 4y agoThe Los Angeles Angels baseball team is the same.
- Scarblac 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_nam... Apparently "Pendleton Hill" is either "Hill Hill Town Hill" or "Hill Hill Hill Hill" depending on what the root of the -ton was.
- devilbunny 4y agoThat's a neat factoid but ignores why it's called that: it was originally part of the Rancho La Brea (which was named that for obvious reasons) land grant by the Spanish, and there are oil seeps in other areas of the LA basin. So if you want to refer to that (huge) one specifically, you more or less have to call it that.