In earlier times, the Balkan Mountains were known as the Haemus Mons. It is believed that the name is derived from a Thracian word *saimon, 'mountain ridge', which is unattested but conjectured as the original Thracian form of Greek Emos.
Salmiya is an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait.
Bayan is a residential area and district in the Hawalli Governorate of Kuwait, consisting of 13 blocks, and situated approximately 15 kilometres away from the core areas of Kuwait City. Its naming was inspired by the fact that it is in an area of higher altitude in comparison to its surrounding Mishref, Salwa, and Rumaithiya. The Kuwaiti Government headquarters are located in Bayan Palace which houses its own mosque and gardens within its walls. Beside it, the main skyline feature one group of Kuwait Water Towers, as nine of them are arranged in a diamond shape. Its area is 4,300,000 m2.
Ras al-Khafji or Khafji (الخفجي) is a town on the border between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. It lies in what was before 1970 the Saudi Arabian–Kuwaiti neutral zone.
Jabriya is in an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait. It is a large, mainly residential area that borders Surra, Hawalli, Salmiya and Bayan.
Dewal Manal is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Namal is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Pattan Kalan is a residential town and one of the 51 union councils of the Abbottabad District, in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It lies within an area that was affected by the 2005 earthquake, after which a total of 27 small camps were set up in the area.
Pind Kargoo Khan also spelled as Pind Kargo Khan is a residential town and one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
The Bugeac Steppe, Budjak Steppe or Budzhak Steppe is a steppe located in the south of Ukraine and Moldova from the Dniester to Prut rivers reaching down to the Black Sea. The Bugeac Steppe has a total surface of 3,210 km2, of which 6.1% is forest.
Al-Faiha is an urban area located in Al Asimah Governorate in Kuwait.
ʿAdān is a residential area in the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate in Kuwait, located approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the centre of Kuwait City.
Ash Sharyah District is a district of the Al Bayda Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 33,873 inhabitants.
Shuwaikh Port is an urban industrial area within the Al Asimah Governorate in Kuwait City, Kuwait.
The Leipzig Bay(German: Leipziger Tieflandsbucht) or Leipzig Basin or Saxon Lowland or Saxon Bay is a relatively lakeless and highly fertile landscape in Central Germany, in northwestern Saxony and southeastern Saxony-Anhalt.
Zahra is an area in Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait. Is is divided into eight blocks. Zahra is part of the lager South Surra region which comprises four other areas: Shuhada, Siddeeq, Salām, and Ḥiṭṭīn The 360 Mall is one of Zahra's prominent attractions. Zahra is also home to many government agencies and administrations.
Hawally is an area in, and the namesake of, the Hawalli Governorate, located in the State of Kuwait.
Kuwait is divided into six governorates, and in each there are several areas. Areas are much less commonly called by other names such as districts or towns. However they are commonly known inside the English-speaking community in Kuwait as, and are officially translated as, areas. The Arabic word for area, Mintaqah, can mean both mean area and region. Areas are further subdivided into blocks, each of which is refereed by to a number. All blocks are divided into streets (شوارع). However, some areas may be further subdivided into جادات Jaddāt, which might be translated to avenue or lane.
Penza Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR, located in the Volga Region. It existed from 1780 to 1797 and again from 1801 to 1928; its capital was in Penza.
Rawda is an area located within the Capital Governorate of Kuwait and is considered a suburb of Kuwait's capital city, Kuwait City. It comprises five residential blocks. The area is served by the Rawda and Hawally Cooperative Society. It neighbors five other areas. Going clockwise, they are Adailiya, Nuzha, Hawally, and Surra. The area falls between, and is served by, Kuwait's 3rd Ring Road and 4th Ring Road from east to west. Kuwait's Route 40 located to the east of the area, and serves it from the north to the south.
