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Glossary entry

français term or phrase:

Naplousien

anglais translation:

Nabulsi (or: Nablusi)

Added to glossary by Rachel Fell
Mar 12, 2009 14:42
15 yrs ago
français term

Naplousien

français vers anglais Sciences sociales Géographie
We've got Montrealers, Parisians, New Yorkers, but what do we call a person from Nablus?

Context is an academic paper dealing with higher education in Palestine.

Thanks in advance for your ideas.
Best,
Jocelyne
Proposed translations (anglais)
3 +2 Nabulsi
4 +2 Nablusi
4 Naplousian
4 Resident of Nablus
3 inhabitant of Nablus
Change log

Mar 17, 2009 07:37: Rachel Fell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/98942">Jocelyne S's</a> old entry - "Naplousien"" to ""Nabulsi""

Proposed translations

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41 minutes
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Nabulsi

I agree about resident/inhabitant of Nablus, etc., but this adjective is used too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabulsi

KPFA Archives for Wednesday, January 5th 2005 | KPFA 94.1 FM ...
... and with journalist Anne Gwynne in Nablus in the company of four Nabulsi residents who share with us their hopes and fears for the New Year and the New ...
www.kpfa.org/archive/date/2005/01/05

Palestine Media Watch
of Israeli soldiers, hundreds of Nabulsi residents participated in the funeral of twenty-year old Zaki Zahi Steiti. With "Bloody Friday", the number of ...
www.pmwatch.org/pmw/manager/feature_contributions/display_m... - 13k -

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-03-12 16:58:04 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabulsi_soap

Nabulsi Cheese - how to use?

I bought some nabulsi cheese at the supermarket the other day to see what it's like. While I like the flavour, it is INCREDIBLY salty. (It's a white, brined cheese, kind of like feta).

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/556221

Malik S.Y.Haddadin, Sana Gammoh and Richard K.Robinson, explain how camel milk may play a role in the production of Nabulsi, a traditional white brined Middle Eastern cheese...

http://www.dairyindustries.com/story.asp?id=2024578
Peer comment(s):
agree Bourth (X) : Looks wrong to me but is 14 times more common than "Nablusi"!/And with Arabic you never know what vowels to put where.
3 minutes
Thank you Bourth - I thought that too, but as its name derives from Neapolis, it seems less improbable
neutral Sandra & Kenneth Grossman : Never heard it in real life.
4 heures
No, nor had I even read of it or wondered about what inhabitants of the place are known as, but still... will keep ears peeled from now on ;-) - thanks for the comment :-)
agree sktrans
5 heures
Thank you sktrans :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "This was a tough one to grade. Thank you to all, particularly Rachel and Bourth."
5 minutes

inhabitant of Nablus

I would probably just describe them as 'inhabitants of Nablus'.

HTH


Sheila

Amazon.co.uk: Michael Watson "skirr...'s review of The Samaritan's ... - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
I loved the depiction of the inhabitants of Nablus, the in-fighting between Hamas and Fatah and, of course, the references to the much reviled - or much ...
www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3C0PSRT7T0D8A - 128k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
War Without End :: View topic - The Finkelsteins trip to Palestine ... - [ Tradueix aquesta pàgina ]
... particularly into the old town, destroying stores, ancient sites, pavements, etc., that the inhabitants of Nablus rebuild with exemplary dedication. ...
www.itszone.co.uk/zone0/viewtopic.php?p=321286&sid... - 80k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
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11 minutes

Naplousian

Pls see:

The wood being searched, the Naplousian was taken without difficulty, and ordered to be shot on the spot. Four guides pushed him towards the sea, ...
www.archive.org/stream/memoirsnapoleonb00bouriala/memoirsna... - Páginas similares
Read the ebook The history of Napoleon (Volume 1) by RH (Richard H ... - [ Traducir esta página ]A little before daybreak, a Naplousian, concealed ... and to order him " not to forget the Naplousian." This was revolting and little-minded. ...
www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/r-h-richard-h-horne/the-hist... - Páginas similares
A new universal gazetteer: or geographical dictionary ... - Resultado de la Búsqueda de libros de Googlede Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse - 1823 - Geography - 856 páginas
... and he justified it on the ground that these were Naplousian prisoners, who, aft
Peer comment(s):
neutral Sandra & Kenneth Grossman : Don't think so.
5 heures
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16 minutes

Resident of Nablus

ww.israelnewsagency.com/palestinianambulancesterrorism1009.html - 12k
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42 minutes

Nablusi

Baghdad - Baghdadi
Nablus - Nablusi

List of mayors of Nablus. Nablusi cuisine:. It is said that women are the best keepers of traditions as they transmit it to their daughters in the kitchen ...
www.visitnablus.org/information4.html

Tickets for waged. Tickets for unwaged. Copyright © 2007 Nablus.co.uk All rights reserved - Nablusi Children’s Orchestra Charity Concert ...
nablus.co.uk/

nous popular heritage, Nablus Society for the Development & ... well as exporting Nablusi soap, embroideries, flowers and bro- ...
www.darna-nablus.ps/newsleter5/news_l_eng.pdf

Nablus city is the largest city in West Bank after Jerusalem, ... The soap factories usually produce several kinds of Nablusi soap: white soap, ...
nablus-dundee.org/nablus_city.html

Interventions were concentrated in public spaces and aimed at restoring pride to the Nablus old town and encouraging the Nablusi to participate in the ...
www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=1701

nablus city , contact us , visits,services,international volunteers program ... to establish human links between you (our guest) and the Nablusi society. ...
www.visitnablus.org/

In order to support this Nablusi tradition while also supporting Project Hope’s activities, Project Hope has joined with soap factories in the Nablus area ...
www.projecthope.ps/projecthope/Portal/index.php?option=com_...


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Note added at 45 mins (2009-03-12 15:28:09 GMT)
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Either more websites are wrong than right, or the correct version is Nabulsi.
Peer comment(s):
agree Rachel Fell : Yes, I agree, could be this too - I mean, both seem to be used
2 heures
agree bowse123 (X)
6 heures
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