صيدا

صَيْدَا (name)

Etymology: Incorporated into the standard language from North Levantine Arabic صَيْدَا (ṣaydā), which is perhaps a reshaping of صَيْدُون (ṣaydūn) (itself still the name of a nearby Lebanese village) on the pattern of the many other Levantine and especially Lebanese and Syrian villages whose name ends in ـا (-ā). Ultimately from or cognate to Aramaic ܨܝܕܘܢ (ṣīdōn), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤅𐤍 (ṣydwn /⁠ṣīdūn⁠/). Cognate with Classical Syriac ܨܰܝܕ݁ܳܢ (ṣaydon), Hebrew צִידוֹן (ṣīḏōn), Ancient Greek Σιδών (Sidṓn), Latin Sīdōn.

Meaning: Saïda (a city in Lebanon), the ancient Sidon (a former city-state in Phoenicia)

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