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Hazmiyeh


Coordinates: 33°51′04″N 35°32′29″E / 33.85111°N 35.54139°E / 33.85111; 35.54139 Hazmiyeh (also Romanized as Hazmiyé, Hazmie, Hasmiyeh, Al Ḩāzimīyah, and El Hâzmîyé) is a town in Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon, and a suburb of Beirut, part of Greater Beirut.

According to Anis Fraiha in his book "Names of Lebanese cities and villages", the name Hazmieh has Aramaic roots from two words: "Haza" which translates to "watch", "monitor" or "observe" and "Mayya" which translates to "water" which he speculates it refers to a guardian of water. Less credited resources attributed the name to other sources:



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