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Acre (/ ˈ ɑː k ər, ˈ eɪ k ər / AH-kər, AY-kər), known in Hebrew as Akko (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkkō) and in Arabic as Akka (Arabic: عكّا, ʻAkkā), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel.
Ptolemais was an ancient port city on the Canaanite coast in the ancient region of Phoenicia, in the location of the present-day city of Acre, Israel.It was also called Ptolemais in Canaan and Ake-Ptolemais (or Akko, Ake, or Akre in Canaanite Language).
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
This is a list of traditional Arabic place names.This list includes: Places involved in the history of the Arab world and the Arabic names given to them.; Places whose official names include an Arabic form.
Diacritics are marks placed on or near letters to give them a modified pronunciation. Some languages treat such as completely different letters; others treat them as variants of the base letter. The latter group is summarized here. Only place names where the language of the country is in the latter group are included here when diacritics make ...
The family's original 640-acre property, stretching a half-mile east along Miccosukee Road, once encompassed all of today's Leon High School property and was filled with crops and cows.
Acre: Acre is home to the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh, which is the holiest site for the Baháʼí Faith. [43] [44] Aleppo: Aleppo is home to a Great Mosque, which is believed to house the remains of Zechariah, [45] who is revered in both Christianity [46] and Islam. [47] [48] Bethlehem: Bethlehem has sites which are significant for Jews ...
Acre is the widely understood, internationally accepted name for the city. Wikipedia has pages on Jerusalem, not Yerushalayim, Jaffa not Yafo, Safed not Tzfat, Tiberias not Tverya and many other examples. Similarly, articles are about Hebron, not Al-Khalil, Jericho not Ariha and others. This does not only apply to contentious Middle East issues.