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Names
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 03:34 PM UTC
The transcription of geographic names from Arabic is sometimes very strange and different. You can find : Dayr az Zawr or Deir ez-Zor (or Deir Ezzor). What is correct or closer to Arabic pronunciation?
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RE: Names
Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 06:00 PM UTC
it depends wheather you are talking formally then it is Dayr az Zawr
but in the spoken dialect it is Deir Ezzor but the diffrernce is so slight really

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