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Sharjah

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Gulf Arabic الشارجة (aš-šārja).[1] Compare Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa), Hijazi Arabic الشارقة f (aš-šārga).

Proper noun

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Sharjah

  1. An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
  2. The capital city of Sharjah emirate, United Arab Emirates.

Coordinate terms

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Hamdi A. Qafisheh (1997) NTC's Gulf Arabic-English dictionary, NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 351

Further reading

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