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Elat (Israel)

LC control no.n 82053121
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Geographic headingElat (Israel)
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Geographic subdivision usageIsrael--Elat
Variant(s)Eilat (Israel)
Elath (Israel)
Umm Rashrāsh (Israel)
Umrashash (Israel)
Elot (Israel)
Eloth (Israel)
Aylah (Israel)
Īlah (Israel)
Umm al-Rashrāsh (Israel)
أم الرشراش (اسرائيل)
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inEilat on the Red Sea, 1968.
BGN 2/23/82 (Elat, ppl, 29°33ʹN, 34°57ʹE; variants, Eilat, Elath, Umm Rashrāsh, Umrashash)
Ghawānmah, Y. Aylah (al-ʻAqabah) wa-al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar wa-ahammīyatuhumā al-tārīkhīyah wa-al-istirātījīyah, 1984: t.p. (Aylah) p. 13, etc. (ancient city situated on the ʻAqabah Gulf)
Munjid (Aylah; used to be a harbor)
Phone call to BGN, 3-4-87 (Aylah is the same as Elat (Israel); ppl 29°33ʹN 34°57ʹE)
Bible, 1 Kings 9:26 (Elot ʻal-śefat Yam-Suf) Authorised Version (Eloth)
ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm, F. Likay lā nansá ! Umm al-Rashrāsh arḍ Miṣrīyah, 2013: (أم الرشراش = Umm al-Rashrāsh)
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