"el-Aini Hospital in Cairo recovered the adult fluke from a dead soldier. He named it ""Distomum haematobium"", for its apparent two mouths (now called ventral and oral suckers) and habitat of the blood vessel. He published the formal description in 1852. The genus ""Distomum"" (literally ""two-mouthed"") was created by Carl Linnaeus in 1857 for all flukes; hence, it was not specific. Another German physician Heinrich Meckel von Hemsbach introduced a new name ""Bilharzia haematobium"" in 1856 to honour the discoverer. He also introduced the medical term bilharzia or bilharziasis to describe the infection. Unbeknown to von Hemsbach, a German zoologist"
"and madrasas) as a World Heritage Site. Bukhara was known as ""Bokhara"" in 19th- and early-20th-century English publications and as ""Buhe/Puhe""（捕喝) in Tang Chinese. According to the Encyclopædia Iranica the name Bukhara is possibly derived from the Sogdian ""βuxārak"" (""Place of Good Fortune"") Muhammad ibn Jafar Narshakhi in his ""History of Bukhara"" (completed 943-44 CE) mentions: Since the Middle Ages, the city has been known as ""Buḫārā"" / بخارا in Arabic and Persian sources. The modern Uzbek spelling is ""Buxoro"". The city's name was mythologized as ""Albracca"" in the Italian epic poem ""Orlando Innamorato"" published in 1483 by Matteo Maria"
"Daxia Daxia, Ta-Hsia, or Ta-Hia () was apparently the name given in antiquity by the Han Chinese to Tukhara or Tokhara: the main part of Bactria, in what is now northern Afghanistan, and parts of southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The name ""Daxia"" first appears in Chinese accounts from the 3rd century BCE, to designate a kingdom in the far west – possibly a consequence of the first contacts with the expansion of the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom – and then is used by the explorer Zhang Qian in 126 BCE to designate Bactria. It is possible that ""Daxia"", in part, conflated or"
"authorities, following the suppression of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, combined Iudaea Province with Galilee and the Paralia to form ""Syria Palaestina"". There is circumstantial evidence linking Hadrian with the name change, but the precise date is not certain and the assertion of some scholars that the name change was intended ""to complete the dissociation with Judaea"" is disputed. The term is generally accepted to be a translation of the Biblical name ""Peleshet"" ( ""Pəlésheth"", usually transliterated as Philistia). The term and its derivates are used more than 250 times in Masoretic-derived versions of the Hebrew Bible, of which 10 uses"
"Russia. The name ""Elbrus"" is a metathesis of ""Alborz"", which is also the name of a long mountain range in northern Iran. It is derived from Avestan ""Harā Bərəzaitī"", which is a legendary mountain in Iranian mythology. ""Harā Bərəzaitī"" reflects Proto-Iranian *""Harā Bṛzatī"", which was reformed into Middle Persian as ""Harborz"", and into Modern Persian as ""Alborz"". ""Bṛzatī"" is the feminine form of the adjective *""bṛzant"" (""high""), the reconstructed ancestor of Modern Ossetian ""bærzond"" (""high"", ""peak""), Modern Persian ""barz"" (""high""), ""berāzande"" (""elegant""), and ""boland"" (""high"", ""tall""), and Modern Kurdish ""barz"" (""high""). ""Harā"" may be interpreted as ""watch"" or ""guard"", from"
"Bagheria Bagheria (; Sicilian: ""Baarìa"") is a town and ""comune"" in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. According to some sources, the name ""Bagheria"" (by way of old Sicilian ""Baarìa"") originates from the Phoenician term ""Bayharia"" meaning ""land that descends toward the sea."" Other sources claim that it derives from the Arabic ""Bāb al-Gerib"", or ""windy gateway."" However, the most plausible explanation is that it derives from Arabic """", meaning 'of the sea, marine'. Since its founding, the town has gone by the names of ""Bayharia"", ""Baharia"", and ""Baarìa"". In 1658 Giuseppe Branciforti, Prince of Butera and former"
"good deeds"" (Middle Persian ""Hukar""). <nowiki>*</nowiki>Bṛzant- ""high"", is the ancestor of modern Persian ""boland"" (بلند). The legendary mountain has given its name to two physical features of the world: In Middle Persian, Harā Bərəzaitī came to be identified with ""Harborz"", Modern Persian ""Alborz"", a range in northern Iran, which parallels the southern edge of the Caspian Sea; and Mount Elbrus in the Caucasus range, near the border of Russia and Georgia, as well a number of other high mountains throughout the Iranian Plateau, such as the Albarez (Jebal Barez in Kerman). In the ancient Zoroastrian scriptures of the Avesta, Harā"
"has befriended make their stand when attacked by Agrican, emperor of Tartary. As described, this siege by Agrican resembles the historic siege by Genghis Khan in 1220. Many notable people lived in Bukhara in the past. Among them are: Bukhara Bukhara (Uzbek Latin: """"; Uzbek Cyrillic: ""Бухорo; پارسی : بخارا"") is a city in Uzbekistan. Bukhara is a city-museum, with about 140 architectural monuments. The nation's fifth-largest city, it had a population of 247,644 . People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time. The mother tongue of"
"Midnapur, Bankura and Purulia districts. The majority are in Purulia. The Hill Kharia are also called Pahari (meaning “Hill”) Kharia, Savara/Sabar, Kheria, Erenga, or Pahar. Outsiders call them Kharia but they call themselves as Sabar. They are called “Pahari (Hill) Kharia” because they live in the midst of forest and depend upon forest produces. There are several gotras (clans) among the Hill Kharia such as Golgo, Bhunia, Sandi, Gidi, Dehuri, Pichria, Nago, Tolong, Suya, Dhar, Tesa, Kotal, Kharmoi, Digar, Laha, Saddar, Sikari, Rai, Dungdung, Bilung, Kiro, Kerketta, Soreng, Kullu, Baa, Tete, Dolai, Sal, Alkosi and Khiladi. Golgo seems to be"
"Billawar Billawar is a town and a notified area committee in Kathua district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Billawar is also a tehsil. It is also known as Balaur. Billawar was founded by Raja Bhog Pal in the 7th century A.D and it remained the capital of Basohli Rajas. The descendants of the Royal family are known as "" Baloria, Balowria, Balouria or Billawaria"" and chandel all being the modern day spelling variants. The town has some ancient monuments. One of these is Mahabilvakeshwar Temple, one of the most revered Shiva temples of the area. It was"
"Calabria Calabria (; ' in Calabrian; ' in Calabrian Greek; in Greek; ' in Arbëresh/Albanian), known in antiquity as Bruttium, is a region in Southern Italy. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro. The Regional Council of Calabria is based at the Palazzo Campanella in the city of Reggio Calabria. The region is bordered to the north by the Basilicata Region, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea. The region covers and has a population of just under 2 million. The demonym of Calabria is ""calabrese"" in Italian and ""Calabrian"" in English."
"Biharia Biharia () is a commune in Bihor County, northwestern Romania. It is composed of two villages, Biharia and Cauaceu (""Hegyközkovácsi""). In 2011 it had 4,205 inhabitants, of whom 85.87% were Hungarians, 12.12% Romanians and 1.73% Roma. The village is first mentioned in 1067 as Byhoriensis, later as Bychor in 1213, as Bihar in 1332, and again, in 1349 as Byhor. It has a complex political history with periods of the Kingdom of Hungary, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom and the Principality of Transylvania. After the break-up of Austria-Hungary, in 1920, the commune became part of the Kingdom of Romania. In 1940,"
"Gamharia Gamharia (गम्हरिया) is a village in the Gaya district of the Indian state of Bihar. The main markets are Sherghati, Chandiastan, Darioura and Gola Bazar (among the largest cattle markets in Bihar). Gamharia experienced an Indian socialist revolution where the late Sri Tileswar Singh began his dramatically violent protests against the British in India. His son, Late Sri Kedar Singh, works on development of the panchayat and became Mukhiya of Guneri Panchayat six consecutive times, earning him the nickname 'Mukhiyaji' after the Bihar Panchayat Election. It is about from Gaya, situated on Sher Shah Suri Marg (GT Road) between"
"Bactria Bactria (); or Bactriana was a historical region in Central Asia. Bactria proper was north of the Hindu Kush mountain range and south of the Amu Darya river, covering the flat region that straddles modern-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. More broadly Bactria was the area north of the Hindu Kush, west of the Pamirs and south of the Tian Shan with the Amu Darya flowing west through the center. The English name Bactria is derived from the , a Hellenized version of the Bactrian endonym (). Analogous names include Avestan: ""Bakhdi"", Old Persian: ""Bakhtrish"", New , , , ,"
"Belgharia Belgharia is a neighbourhood in Kamarhati municipality in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration. The name ""Belgharia"" is derived from ""Bell Ghor"". There was a Big bell used for calling the porters for unloading and carrying jute from the boats. The oldest jetty was situated in Ariadaha on the river Ganges. In the 17th century Belgharia and Nimta were the biggest wholesale markets for jute, fish and vegetables. Ramakrishna Paramhansa visited this place eight times; the first time was in 1875. Swami Vijnanananda, a direct disciple"
"elsewhere for higher studies. Gamharia Gamharia (गम्हरिया) is a village in the Gaya district of the Indian state of Bihar. The main markets are Sherghati, Chandiastan, Darioura and Gola Bazar (among the largest cattle markets in Bihar). Gamharia experienced an Indian socialist revolution where the late Sri Tileswar Singh began his dramatically violent protests against the British in India. His son, Late Sri Kedar Singh, works on development of the panchayat and became Mukhiya of Guneri Panchayat six consecutive times, earning him the nickname 'Mukhiyaji' after the Bihar Panchayat Election. It is about from Gaya, situated on Sher Shah Suri"
"as ""Syria's breadbasket"". The eastern, Iraqi part, includes and extends slightly beyond the Iraqi Ninewa Governorate. In the north it includes the Turkish provinces of Şanlıurfa, Mardin, and parts of Diyarbakır Province. The name ""al-Jazira"" has been used since the 7th century AD by Islamic sources to refer to the northern section of Mesopotamia, which together with the Sawād, made up al-‘arāq (Iraq). The name means ""island"", and at one time referred to the land between the two rivers, which in Aramaic is ""Bit Nahren"". Historically, the name could be restricted to the Sinjar plain coming down from the Sinjar"
"Byaroza Biaroza (, official Belarusian romanization standard: ""Biaroza"", formerly Бяро́за-Карту́зская; ; ) is a town of 31 000 inhabitants (1995) in Western Belarus in Brest Region and the administrative center of the Byaroza District. The village of Biaroza (meaning ""birch"") was first mentioned in 1477 as part of the Slonim paviet. In the 15th century, the village probably received the town charter. Between 1538 and 1600 it was an important centre of Calvinism. Later the town became the private property of the Radziwiłł family. In the 17th century, the village belonged to Sapieha family, who founded a fortified monastery and"
"to the Bukharan Jews, whose language (Bukhori) is a dialect of Tajiki. Their ancestors settled in the city during Roman times. Most Bukharan Jews left the city between 1925 and 2000 and settled in Israel and the United States. Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda defines the name Bukhara itself as meaning ""full of knowledge"", referring to the fact that in antiquity, Bukhara was a scientific and scholarship powerhouse. In the Italian romantic epic ""Orlando innamorato"" by Matteo Maria Boiardo, Bukhara is called Albracca and described as a major city of Cathay. There, within its walled city and fortress, Angelica and the knights she"
"eye-catching; hence the distinctive name. It provides a rock climb (with a very serious alpine approach) and has been the scene of some notable paragliding. An interesting folk tale about the peak (""Bubli mo Ting"" literally means 'Bubli's peak) is that Kisar, a (magical) prince from Baltistan, came to Hunza on one of his adventures and married a princess, a ""gas,"" called Bubli. When he received news that his first wife in Baltistan, Langabrumo, had been kidnapped (by a ""phut"" or a ""deu,"" one story says, but according to Lorimer's book it is a king from another country), he immediately"
"Izurtza Izurtza (in Basque and officially, in Spanish ""Izurza"") is an elizate, town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Izurtza is part of the ""comarca"" of Durangaldea and has a population of 270 inhabitants as of 2010 and according to the Spanish National Statistics Institute. As happens with most of the elizates, the origins and date of foundation of the town are unknown. According to the local tales, the tower of Etxaburu, which is located on a hill above the town, was built following the orders of the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. The"
"Birkirkara Birkirkara (abbreviated B'Kara) is a town in the central region of Malta. It is the second most populous on the island, with 23,034 inhabitants as of March 2018. The city consists of four autonomous parishes: Saint Helen, Saint Joseph, Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Mary. The city's motto is ""In hoc signo vinces"", and its coat of arms is a plain red cross, surmounted by a crown. ""Birkirkara"" means ""cold water"" or ""running water"". This is attributed to the valley in the town. Originally, the name was written as ""Birchircara"", as influenced by the Italian alphabet which"
"Balawaristan Balawaristan (Urdu:بلاورستان) is an historical name of Gilgit-Baltistan that has regained some prevalence in recent years. The archaic English spelling for the name was Boloristan, and its first known documented usage is in Chinese sources from the 8th century AD. Gilgit-Baltistan includes Chitral, Gilgit, Skardu, Hunza, Nagar,Ishkoman Punial and Yasin (see Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan). In addition, the regions of Baltistan, Ladakh (including Kargil) are also considered to be a part of Balawaristan by the nationalist parties of Gilgit. The name is originated from Polore. Polore was an ancient state consisting of Baltistan, Gilgit, Ladakh, Chitral and Kohitsan. Chinese historian"
"Bukhara Bukhara (Uzbek Latin: """"; Uzbek Cyrillic: ""Бухорo; پارسی : بخارا"") is a city in Uzbekistan. Bukhara is a city-museum, with about 140 architectural monuments. The nation's fifth-largest city, it had a population of 247,644 . People have inhabited the region around Bukhara for at least five millennia, and the city has existed for half that time. The mother tongue of the majority of people of Bukhara is Tajik. Located on the Silk Road, the city has long served as a center of trade, scholarship, culture, and religion. UNESCO has listed the historic center of Bukhara (which contains numerous mosques"
"Ilirska Bistrica Ilirska Bistrica (; ; , before 1927: ""Bisterza"") is a town in the Inner Carniola region of southwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Ilirska Bistrica. The name ""Ilirska Bistrica"" means 'Illyrian Bistrica', it has its origin during the times of the Austrian Empire, when the area was part of the Kingdom of Illyria, an administrative unit between 1816 and 1849. The adjective ""Ilirska"" (""Illyrisch"") was added to the old name Bistrica (""Feistritz"") to differentiate it from other towns in the Empire such as Slovenska Bistrica or Banská Bystrica in modern-day Slovakia. The town's"
"Lazica Lazica (, ""Egrisis samepo""; , ""Laziǩa""; , ""Lazikí""; , ""Lâzestân""; , ""Yeger"") was the Latin name given to the territory of Colchis during the Roman/Byzantine period, from about the 1st century BC. By the mid-3rd century, Lazica was given partial autonomy within the Roman Empire and developed into kingdom. Throughout much of its existence, it was mainly a Byzantine strategic vassal kingdom occasionally coming under Sassanid Persian rule. The kingdom fell to the Muslim conquest in the 7th century. Lazica in the 8th century successfully repelled the Arab occupation and formed part of the Kingdom of Abkhazia from c."
"as a result of the Second Vienna Award it was returned to Hungary. Since the end of the World War II it has been part of the Romanian state. Biharia Biharia () is a commune in Bihor County, northwestern Romania. It is composed of two villages, Biharia and Cauaceu (""Hegyközkovácsi""). In 2011 it had 4,205 inhabitants, of whom 85.87% were Hungarians, 12.12% Romanians and 1.73% Roma. The village is first mentioned in 1067 as Byhoriensis, later as Bychor in 1213, as Bihar in 1332, and again, in 1349 as Byhor. It has a complex political history with periods of the"
"Bhiria Bhirya (), () is a town in Naushahro Feroze District in Sindh province of Pakistan. There are two separate towns with name bhirya in district Naushahro Feroze: Bhirya Road and Bhirya City, which are at the distance of 10 km from each other. Bhiria City is the Taluka headquarters. Bhiria City with the older name BAHRAWER is on the main National highway between Karachi and Peshawar whereas Bhiria Road with older name MACHHIKI GOTH is on the main Railway line between Karachi and Peshawar. History tells the old town BHIRIA/BAHRAWER was situated in the north of current town, old"
"son Belshazzar, were from Assyria. These nomad Chaldeans settled in the far southeastern portion of Babylonia, chiefly on the left bank of the Euphrates. Though for a short time the name later commonly referred to the whole of southern Mesopotamia in Hebraic literature. This was a geographical and historical misnomer as Chaldea proper was in fact only the plain in the far southeast formed by the deposits of the Euphrates and the Tigris, extending about four hundred miles along the course of these rivers and averaging about a hundred miles in width. The names ""Chaldea"" and ""Chaldaea"" are latinizations of"
"Hara Berezaiti Harā Bərəzaitī, literally meaning ""High Watchpost"", is the name given in the Avestan language to a legendary mountain around which the stars and planets revolve. Harā Bərəzaitī reflects Proto-Iranian *Harā Bṛzatī. Harā may be interpreted as ""watch"" or ""guard"", from an Indo-European root *ser- ""protect"". *Bṛzatī is the feminine form of the adjective *bṛzant- ""high"", which is cognate with Celtic brigant- (as in the Brigantes) and with Germanic burgund- (as in the Burgundians). Hence 'Harā Bərəzaitī' ""High Watchpost."" The mountain has several secondary appellations, including ""Haraitī"" ""the guarding one"" (feminine), ""Taēra"" ""peak"" (Middle Persian ""Tērag"") and ""Hukairya"" ""of"
"Balkh Balkh (; Pashto and , ""Balkh""; , ""Báktra""; , ""Bakhlo"") is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan, about northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some south of the Amu Darya river and the Uzbekistan border. It was historically an ancient centre of Buddhism, Islam, and Zoroastrianism and one of the major cities of Khorasan, since the latter's earliest history. The ancient city of Balkh was known to the Ancient Greeks as ""Bactra"", giving its name to Bactria. It was mostly known as the centre and capital of Bactria or Tokharistan. Marco Polo described Balkh as"
"Alburz in northern Iran and the Elbrus in the Caucasus, and therefore, it is likewise derived from the Old Persian term Bərəzaitī (see Hara Berezaiti), meaning ""high,"" ""tall,"" ""of stature."" The more proper spelling of the name of this mountain is Albarez. Albarez is of the same construct as the names Alburz and Elbrus. The ancient Iranian peoples seem to have given this name to the tallest mountains in any area that they happened to live (exactly as the Turkic people did when they called all the tallest mountains in their sight, ""Qaradağ""/Karadag, with the term qara/kara standing for great/big,"
"""Ajaria"", ""Adjaria"", ""Adzharia"", ""Atchara"" and ""Achara"", among others. Under the Soviet Union, Adjara was part of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic as the Adjarian ASSR. Adjara has been part of Colchis and Caucasian Iberia since ancient times. Colonized by Greeks in the 5th century BC, the region fell under Rome in the 2nd century BC. It became part of the Lazica before being incorporated into the Kingdom of Abkhazia in the 8th century AD, the latter led unification of Georgian monarchy in the 11th century. The Ottomans conquered the area in 1614. The people of Adjara gradually converted to Islam"