Message: "Note: Neighbor is from Sudan"

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Note: Neighbor is from Sudan

by vigdis (guest)

8/29/2011, 9:44 PM

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If that helps.

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- Opalescence (JHK) +2

8/30/2011, 10:07 AM

Muya seems to be a mountain in Sudan. (Alternate) Arabic names are Dschabal Mūya, Jabal Mayyah, Jebel Moya, Gebel Moya or Dschebel Moya.

source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muya (Sorry, it's all German but I didn't find anything on English wikipedia at first)

I only found some articles on English wikipedia containing 'Jebel Moya' because the German article said this was the name used in specialist literature: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Jebel+Moya

There is no mentioning of its usage as a first name or meaning 'water' but the article says it's located between Blue Nile and White Nile which would explain an association with water by your neighbour.

A google search of 'Jebel Moya' only brought up geographical and archaeological references, nothing on a first name use. Sorry.

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- vigdis (guest) +1

8/31/2011, 1:51 AM

She said it was a word, not a name.

So I'm guessing that I'll need to look it up in a dictionary - but I was fairly sure that there was at least one Arabic speaker over here.

- vigdis (guest)

8/31/2011, 2:01 AM

According to this site: http://www.sudairy.com/arabic/phrases.html#
water is ma'a. I'm thinking that the pronunciation might be similar to Moya?

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