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.
| Arabic | Pronunciation | Franco | English |
|---|---|---|---|
مَصْر | masr | masr | Egypt |
مَكَان | makan | makan | place |
لِيبْيَا | libya | libya | Libya |
البَلَد | el balad | el balad | the country |
الْقَاهِرَة | el qahera | el kahera | Cairo |
الشَّارِع | el share3 | el share' | the street |
بَلَد | balad | balad | country |
إِفْرِيقْيَا | afriqya | afriqya | Africa |
نَادِي | nady | nady | club |
الْوَطَن | el watan | el watan | the homeland |
اَلنَّادِي | el nady | el nady | the club |
اَلْمَكَان | el makan | el makan | the place |
قَطَر | atar | atar | Qatar |
لِيفَرْبُول | liverpool | liverpool | Liverpool |
شَارِع | share3 | sharee | street |
الْمَغْرِب | el maghreb | el maghreb | Morocco |
تُرْكِيَا | turkya | turkya | Turkey |
الْمَلْعَب | el mal3ab | el malaab | the stadium |
تُونِس | tounes | tounes | Tunisia |
طَرَابُلُس | tarablos | tarablos | Tripoli |
مَدِينَة | madina | madina | City |
الجَزَائِر | el gaza2er | el gazaer | Algeria |
دَوْلَة | dawla | dawla | country |
لُبْنَان | lebnan | lebnan | Lebanon |
إِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة | eskendereya | eskendereya | Alexandria |
بُرْج | borg | borg | tower |
بَرْشَلُونَة | barshelona | barshelona | Barcelona |
زَمَالِك | zamalek | zamalek | Zamalek |
السُّوبَر | el soobar | el super | the super |
مَرْكَز | markaz | markaz | Center |
اَلرِّيَاض | el riyad | el riyad | Riyadh |
الدُّوَل | el dowal | el dowal | The countries |
السُّعُودِيَّة | el se3oudeya | el saoudeya | Saudi Arabia |
سِينَا | sina | Sina | Sinai |
فِلِسْطِين | felesteen | falasteen | Palestine |
لِمَصْر | le masr | le masr | for Egypt |
مِيدَان | midan | midan | Square |
رُوسْيَا | rusya | russia | Russia |
السُّوِيس | el swes | el swes | Suez |
أَمْرِيكَا | amreeka | amreeka | America |
مَكَانُه | makano | makano | His place |
السَّاحِل | el sa7el | el sahel | the coast |
الْكُوَيْت | el kuwait | el kuwait | Kuwait |
بِلَاد | belad | belad | countries |
مَحَلّ | ma7al | mahal | shop |
سِينَاء | sinaa | sinaa | Sinai |
السُّودَان | el sudan | el sudan | Sudan |
الْبِلَاد | el belad | el belad | the country |
سُورْيَا | sorya | sorya | Syria |
تُرْكِي | torky | torky | Turkish |
لِلزَّمَالِك | lel zamalek | lel zamalek | for Zamalek |
الْعِرَاق | el 3eraaq | el iraq | Iraq |
حُدُود | 7odood | hodood | borders |
اَلْمَنْصُورَة | el mansoura | el mansoura | Mansoura |
غَزَّة | ghazza | ghaza | Gaza |
بَلَدْنَا | baladna | baladna | our country |
بَلَدِي | balady | balady | my country |
مَكَانَك | makanak | makanak | your place |
رِيَاض | riyad | riyad | Riyad |
Places and Buildings in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on this site, so you see the word behaving normally rather than sitting on a flashcard.
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
Practice Places and Buildings
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