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AFGHANISTAN
Names of politically, geographically or economically important cities of Afghanistan.
Aqchah Andhkvoy Asadabad Aybak Bagram Bahran Chah Baraki Bost Chaghcharan Charikar Delatam Eshkashem Faizabad Farah Gardez Gereshk Ghazni Ghurian Herat Jalalabad Jeyretan Kabul Kandahar Keleft Kheyrabad Kholm Khowst	Konduz Kowt-e Ashrow Kunar Kushka Lashkar Gah Mahmud e Raq Mazar-e Sharif Mehtarlam Meymaneh Nawzad Orgun Pol-e Khomri Qal'eh-ye Now Qalat Samangan Sar-e Pol Sheberghan Shindand Shir Khan Shulgareh Taloquan Tarin Kowt Teyrawah Towraghondi Zaranj Zareh Sharan
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NAMES OF AFGHANISTAN A few male and female names. Most names are Arabic with some Persian and Farsee. LANGUAGES AND NAMES IN AFGHANISTANS List of interesting male & female names AFGHAN NAMES Regularly updated, male & female names list AFGHAN NAMES Alphabetical listing...great for the Hounds!	AFGHAN TERRORIST NAME GENERATOR Ever wanted to know what you'd be called if you were an Afghan terrorist? ISHKASHMI-ENGLISH WORD LIST Ishkashmi is a tongue spoken by roughly 2,000 inhabitants of the Gorno-Badakshan province of Tajikistan and the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. NAMES OF CITIES IN AFGHANISTAN List of names of politically, geographically or economically important cities of Afghanistan
ARABIA
ARAB & ISLAMIC NAMES Some great names here for your hounds. ARABIC NAMES Masculine & feminine names - large lists. ARABIC STAR NAMES Many star names are of Arabic origin, most of which were used by other nations in the past following almost the same Arabic nomenclature. ARABIC NAMES Male & female FIRST NAMES FROM ARABIC Complete with meanings ARAB NAMES Each culture has its own naming conventions ARABIC NAMES Long alphabetical list of names, with meanings ARABIC WORDS & PHRASES Long list of Arabic words with meanings	ARABIC MALE NAMES List of male given names MASCULINE ARABIC NAMES Fabulous list of male Arabic names! ARABIC FEMALE NAMES List of female given names ENGLISH WORDS FROM ARABIC Lots of wonderful words! FEMININE ARABIC NAMES Some really lovely names here, with meanings NAMES OF ARAB RULERS Good list of names ARABIC/MUSLIM NAMES Arabic is the main language of eighteen countries (about 180 million people) and is the sixth most commonly spoken language worldwide.
BANGLADESH

NAMES OF CITIES IN BANGLADESH List of names of cities of Bangladesh NAMES OF BANGLADESHIS List of names of important Bangladeshis	NAMES OF INDIA Includes names of Emperors, Male, Female, Nature, Surnames, Hindu Triad, Vedic Triad, Gods, Goddesses, Groups of Deities, Minor Deities, Demons, Leaders, Sikhs, Planets, Buddhism, Jainism, Sri Lanka, & Maldives
IRAN
IRANIAN/PERSIAN NAMES As the country is strongly Islamic, many Arabic Muslim names are commonly used. Male, Female, Surnames, Titles, and Sassanids IRANIAN NAMES Comprehensive list of Iranian/Persian names from different categories NAMES OF CITIES IN IRAN List of names of important cities of Iran NAMES OF RULERS AND DYNASTIES OF PERSIA (IRAN) Rulers and dynasties of Iran from the period of the Medesto the present MALE & FEMALE PERSIAN NAMES Our own on-line list of lovely Persian names! ANCIENT PERSIAN NAMES Names from famous people that lived in the former Persia and/or were part of the great Persian Empire (usually the Kings or their relatives) ANCIENT PERSIAN NAMES List of male names	PERSIAN NAMES Some male & female Persian names of our own ORIGINAL PERSIAN NAMES Persian Names for Boys and Girls with Meanings PHOENICIAN NAMES The cities of Phoenicia were dominated by the Egyptians, Amorites, the Hyksos, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans at various times in their long history. PERSIAN GODDESSES List of names with full descriptions PERSIAN DEITIES List of names of deities from Persia (Iran) PERSIAN BABY NAMES Small list of lovely names with meanings PERSIAN NAMES 1000's of Iranian names PERSIAN NAMES Zoroastrian names
IRAQ

NAMES OF CITIES IN IRAQ List of names of modern cities, important towns, & ancient cities of Iraq
ISRAEL
NAMES OF CITIES IN ISRAEL List of names of cities of Israel VARIOUS JEWISH NAMES These lists of contain Israeli and Jewish male and female names. Most of them are likely to be Hebrew. NAMES OF RABBIS IN PIRKEI AVOT These names represent a mix of classical Hebrew and Aramaic names as well as some Greek names of the 2nd Century HEBREW NAMES Super names from the Catholic Encyclopaedia. HEBREW NAMES Baby names - definitions and etymology HEBREW & BIBLE NAMES Published in the late 1800s, it contains more than 2,500 Bible and Bible-related proper names and their meanings. MEDIEVAL JEWISH NAMES Long list of Biblical Names used by Medieval Jews	JEWISH SURNAMES The Israeli government encourages people to use Hebraicised names but many surnames still retain Germanic or Slavonic forms. BIBLICAL JEWISH NAMES Long list of male & female names YIDDISH NAMES Jewish people have lived in many different places around the world and the indigenous names of those countries are also used, often in a Yiddish form. Lists of male & female names MODERN JEWISH NAMES Although traditional Biblical names are still popular with Jewish families, revivals of old Hebrew names and coinages from modern Hebrew are becoming more common, especially with Israelis. Male & female names with meanings FIRST NAMES FROM HEBREW Great list of names, with meanings
PAKISTAN
NAMES OF INDIA Includes names of Emperors, Male, Female, Nature, Surnames, Hindu Triad, Vedic Triad, Gods, Goddesses, Groups of Deities, Minor Deities, Demons, Leaders, Sikhs, Planets, Buddhism, Jainism, Sri Lanka, & Maldives NAMES OF CITIES IN PAKISTAN List of names of major cities of Pakistan	KHOWAR ENGLISH DICTIONARY AND WORD LIST Khowar is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 250,000 native speakers in Chitral, which is in the far North West corner of Pakistan PAKISTANI NAMES Indian Muslim, Pakistani and Bangladeshi names are mostly of Arabic origin with some Persian (Farsee) borrowings. List of male, female and surnames
TURKEY
16TH CENTURY TURKISH TITLES AND BYNAMES Interesting idea with explanations TURKISH NAMES Extensive list of names, male & female TURKISH NAMES Ottoman Turkish names found in sixteenth century court records SIXTEENTH-CENTURY TURKISH NAMES Complete names, with important information about the bearers TURKISH NAMES Male & female with meanings	TURKISH BOY NAMES No fancy web design - just 67 names TURKISH NAMES Long alphabetical list of names, with meanings TURKISH NAMES List of Male, Female, Surnames, and names of Rulers TURKISH NAMES This is a list of personal-given names in Turkish. COUNTRY NAMES IN TURKISH Australia becomes Avustralya etc, with pronunciations
MIDDLE EAST RELATED NAMES
101 NAMES OF AHURAMAZDA (Zoroastrian) From the Khordeh Avesta and their meanings ZORASTERIAN DEITIES List of ancient deities KURDISH NAMES Male & female, extensive list KURDISH NAMES Only a handful so far SUMERIAN KING LIST The term "Sumerian" is actually an exonym , first applied by the Akkadians. A long list of names SUMERIAN DICTIONARY The Sumerian language is one of the oldest languages. This lists some of the common words, with meanings SEPHARDIC NAMES Long list of Sephardic Names Translated Into English From Arabic, Aramaic, Berber, German, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hebrew Biblical, Hebrew Talmud, Italian, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, & Yiddish MUSLIM NAMES Some male & female Muslim names of our own, with meanings. NAMES FOR MUSLIM CHILDREN Huge list of names here MUSLIM NAMES Huge alphabetical list of some really great names! MALE MUSLIM NAMES Long list of names, with meanings! MUSLIM NAMES List of Female Muslim Names and their Meanings MUSLIM NAMES OF NATURE Muslin names relating to nature	MIDDLE EASTERN NAMES FOR BELLY DANCERS This is fun - some really great names though! MIDDLE EASTERN FEMALE NAMES Some interesting & exciting names & their meanings MIDDLE EASTERN MALE NAMES A list of super unusual names & their meanings NAMES OF KIRGHIZSTAN The present inhabitants are mainly Turkic-speaking nomads, descendents of the Mongols who took control of much of Asia in the C13th. The Kirghiz region was annexed by Russia in 1864. Male, female & surnames ANDALUSIAN NAMES Given names, place names etc, Great! CANAANITE AND UGARITIC NAMES Male & female names & Deities from the Ancient Middle East BABYLONIAN AND AKKADIAN NAMES Great list of powerful names of the Ancient Middle East POPULAR MUSLIM NAMES IN GUYANA List of names of Turkish, Iranian, Persian & Arabic origin, with meanings MUSLIM NAMES IN JAZZ Good list of real Muslim names related to Jazz NAMES OF FAMOUS MUSLIMS An incomplete list of prominent and famous (or infamous) people who are Muslims followers of Islam. It includes many historical and modern personalities MUSLIM NAMES Arabic, Egyptian, Persian, Turkish and Muslim baby names.