Egyptian Arabic Places and Buildings — 59 Words

59 Egyptian Arabic words for places and buildings, ordered by how often they actually come up. Each one shows the Arabic with diacritics, how to say it, and the franco spelling used in text messages.

ArabicPronunciationFrancoEnglish
مَصْر
masrmasrEgypt
مَكَان
makanmakanplace
لِيبْيَا
libyalibyaLibya
البَلَد
el baladel baladthe country
الْقَاهِرَة
el qaherael kaheraCairo
الشَّارِع
el share3el share'the street
بَلَد
baladbaladcountry
إِفْرِيقْيَا
afriqyaafriqyaAfrica
نَادِي
nadynadyclub
الْوَطَن
el watanel watanthe homeland
اَلنَّادِي
el nadyel nadythe club
اَلْمَكَان
el makanel makanthe place
قَطَر
ataratarQatar
لِيفَرْبُول
liverpoolliverpoolLiverpool
شَارِع
share3shareestreet
الْمَغْرِب
el maghrebel maghrebMorocco
تُرْكِيَا
turkyaturkyaTurkey
الْمَلْعَب
el mal3abel malaabthe stadium
تُونِس
tounestounesTunisia
طَرَابُلُس
tarablostarablosTripoli
مَدِينَة
madinamadinaCity
الجَزَائِر
el gaza2erel gazaerAlgeria
دَوْلَة
dawladawlacountry
لُبْنَان
lebnanlebnanLebanon
إِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة
eskendereyaeskendereyaAlexandria
بُرْج
borgborgtower
بَرْشَلُونَة
barshelonabarshelonaBarcelona
زَمَالِك
zamalekzamalekZamalek
السُّوبَر
el soobarel superthe super
مَرْكَز
markazmarkazCenter
اَلرِّيَاض
el riyadel riyadRiyadh
الدُّوَل
el dowalel dowalThe countries
السُّعُودِيَّة
el se3oudeyael saoudeyaSaudi Arabia
سِينَا
sinaSinaSinai
فِلِسْطِين
felesteenfalasteenPalestine
لِمَصْر
le masrle masrfor Egypt
مِيدَان
midanmidanSquare
رُوسْيَا
rusyarussiaRussia
السُّوِيس
el swesel swesSuez
أَمْرِيكَا
amreekaamreekaAmerica
مَكَانُه
makanomakanoHis place
السَّاحِل
el sa7elel sahelthe coast
الْكُوَيْت
el kuwaitel kuwaitKuwait
بِلَاد
beladbeladcountries
مَحَلّ
ma7almahalshop
سِينَاء
sinaasinaaSinai
السُّودَان
el sudanel sudanSudan
الْبِلَاد
el beladel beladthe country
سُورْيَا
soryasoryaSyria
تُرْكِي
torkytorkyTurkish
لِلزَّمَالِك
lel zamaleklel zamalekfor Zamalek
الْعِرَاق
el 3eraaqel iraqIraq
حُدُود
7odoodhodoodborders
اَلْمَنْصُورَة
el mansourael mansouraMansoura
غَزَّة
ghazzaghazaGaza
بَلَدْنَا
baladnabaladnaour country
بَلَدِي
baladybaladymy country
مَكَانَك
makanakmakanakyour place
رِيَاض
riyadriyadRiyad

Places and Buildings in a sentence

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أيام العيد كانت قربت أوي وماتش مصر كمان.

Ayam el Eid kanet 2arabet awi w match Masr kaman.

Eid days were very close, and Egypt's match was also coming soon.

showing مَصْر — Egypt

إحنا بنصلي للعائلات في إيران و كل مكان.

Ehna binsalli lil-ailat fi Iran wa kull makan.

We pray for the families in Iran and every place.

showing مَكَان — place

مهم نختار رئيس الجمهورية اللي يقود البلد كويس

Mohimm nekhtār raʾīs el-gomhūrīya elli yaʾūd el-balad kwayyis.

It's important to choose the President of the Republic who will lead the country well.

showing البَلَد — the country

هما عايشين في بيت بسيط في القاهرة.

Homa 3ayeshin fi beit baset fi El Qahera.

They live in a simple house in Cairo.

showing الْقَاهِرَة — Cairo

أحمد وأصحابه كل يوم بيلعبوا كورة في الشارع جنب بيوتهم.

Ahmed w as7abo kol yom beyel3abu kora fel shari3 gamb beyoot'hom.

Ahmed and his friends play football every day in the street next to their houses.

showing الشَّارِع — the street

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