TEMPLE NAME

CITY-STATE

-MEANINGS   (???)

Aahmes

Livermore California

It is the name of two Pharaohs the meaning of which is "the moon is born"

Abba

Mobile Alabama

Father (Aramaic  not Arabic)

Abdallah

Overland Park Kansas

Personal name meaning "servant of God"

Abou Ben Adhem

Springfield Missouri

Personal name in narrative poem by   Leigh Hunt

Abou Saad

Republic Panama

Good Fortune

Abu Bekr

Sioux City

Iowa-The name of a friend and follower of Mohammed meaning of which is said to be "father of the camel's foal"

Acacia

Baton Rouge Louisiana

Biblical name of a tree

Acca

Richmond Virginia

A ort on the west coast of Israel

Afifi

Tacoma Washington

-A characteristic of a woman who is virtuous and  refrains from anything crude or vulgar

Ahmed

Marquette Michigan-

One of Mohammed's names according to the Koran

Ainad

East St Louis Illinois

-Presumably geographical name meaning "spring  of AD" or "obstinacy"

Akdar

Tulsa Oklahoma

-Mightier or mightiest

Al Amin

Corpus Christi Texas

-The faithful

Al Aska

Anchorage Alaska

-The Great Land

Al Azhar

Calgary Alberta Canada-

The most flourishing

Al Bah

San Diego California

-The sea

Al Bedoo

Billings Montana

-The Bedouins or those who live in the open

Al Chymia

Memphis Tennessee

-Alchemy

Al Kader

Wilsonville Oregon

-Probably Al Kadir  the Powerful; or the Mighty  one of the Koranic names for Allah

Al Kaly

Pueblo Colorado

-Turkish word for "costly rug"

Al Korah

Broadview Heights Ohio

-The sacred book of the Mohammedans

Al Malaikah

Los Angeles California

-Arabic word for "the angels"

Al Meneh

Nashville Tennessee

-The port

Al Shamal

Edmonton Alberta Canada

-The North

Al Sihah

Macon Georgia

-A Moslem sect   "the perfect ones"

Aladdin

Columbus Ohio

Oersibak banem technically meaning one who has a high  religious standing

Alcazar

Montgomery Alabama

-Spanish name meaning "castle" or "citadel"

Alee

Savannah Georgia

-Perhaps "Ali"  father-in-law of Mohammed  Aleppom Wilmington Massachusettsm-A city in Syria

Alhambra

Chattanooga Tennessee

-Fortress of Granada with wall of a reddish color

Ali Gahn

Cumberland Maryland

-God is Guardian

Almas

Washington DC-

Arabic word meaning "diamond"

Aloha

Honolulu Hawaii

-Probably Hawaiian  meaning "farewell"  or Eloah of the Hebrew names for "God"

Alzarar

San Antonio Texas

-The Victory. In ancient times Himyar kingdom; now a group of ruins in southern Yemen

Amara

Palm Beach Gardens Florida

-A building

Amran

Raleigh North Carolina

-Name of a town in the country of Yemen

Anah

Bangor Maine

-Unidentified  in Arabic "ana" is the pronoun "I"

Anezeh

Mexico City Mexico

-A very powerful trive of Bedouins

Ansar

Springfield Illinois

-The helpers  title of the believers of Medina  who assisted Mohammed after the fight from Mecca

Antioch

Dayton Ohio

-Name of a city in Asia Minor  also famous city in North Syria

Arabia

Houston Texas

-Peninsula of Southern Asia

Ararat

Kansas City Missouri

-A mountain in Armenia where  traditions says  Noah's Ark landed

Azan

Melbourne Florida

-The Mohammedan call to prayer

Bagdad

Butte Montana

-A city in Iraq meaning "the gift of God"

Bahia

Orlando Florida

-Beautiful

Ballut Abyad

Albuquerque New Mexico

-White oak or white acorn

Barak

Monroe Louisiana-

Biblical general

Bedouin

Muskogee Oklahoma

-Noradic Arabs

Beja

Green Bay Wisconsin

-A nomadic peaceloving nation

Bektash

Concord New Hampshire

-An Islamic saint  founder of a dervish order

Ben Ali

Sacramento California

-Personal name  "son of Ali"

Ben Hur

Austin Texas

-Personal name

Beni Kedem

Charleston West Virginia

-"Sons of the East" or "Son of Adam"

Boumi

Baltimore Maryland

Arabic for "owl"

Cahaba

Huntsville Alabama

-First Capital of Alabama

Cairo

Rutland Vermont

-Capital city of Egypt

Calarm

Lewiston Idaho

-"Speech"  a system of Moslem theology  the reed pen  used for writing in Arabic characters

Crescent

Trenton New Jersey

-A Turkish emblem

Cyprus

Albany New York

-An island in the eastern Mediterranean

Damascus

Webster New York-

   City in Syria  refted to be the oddest city in the world

El Bekal

Anaheim California

-Arabic or Moslem for "the walled town"

El Hasa

Ashland Kentucky-

A name of a fortress in Arabia

El Jebel

Denver Colorado

-The mountain

El Kahir

Cedar Rapids Iowa

-Name of Arabian Caliph  also name of the city of  Cairo

El Kalah

Salt Lake City Utah-

The fortress

El Karubah

Shreveport Louisiana-

An Arabic word meaning "1000 female cherubs"

El Katif

Spokane Washington

-Seaport on the coast of the Persian Gulf

El Korah

Boise Idaho

-The largest river in southern Persia

El Maida

El Paso Texas

-The table title of the fifth Sarah of the Koran

El Mina

Galveston Texas

-The Port  Name of place in the hills of Mecca

El Riad

Sioux Falls South Dakota

-Arabic  "the luxuriant gardens"

El Zagal

Fargo North Dakota-

"The play" or "pleasure" or "shouts"

El Zaribah

Phoenix Arizona

Hunter's Paradise

Elf Khurafeh

Saginaw Michigan-

Arabic 1000 gathered fruits

Gizeh

Vancouver  BC Canada-

Town in Egypt

Habibi

Lake Charles Louisiana-

My Sweetheart

Hadi

Evansville Indiana-

Calm or still  one of the names of Allah 

Hadji

Pensacola Florida

-One who has made the trip to Mecca and has returned  

Hamasa

Meridian Mississippi

-Poems which celebrate valor in battle

Hasan

Albany Georgia

-A Mohammedan Caliph

Hella

Garland Texas-

Site of the ancient city of Babylon

Hillah

Ashland Oregon-

A Biblical term  and a town in Asia

India

Oklahoma City Oklahoma

-The Country of India

Irem

Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania-

A place meantioned in the koran (Surah  LXXXIX-5); "Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad?-with Iram of the  columns? the like of which has not been created in the Land?"

Isis

Saline Kansas

-Egyptian goddess

Islam

San Maleo California-

The Mohammedan religion

Ismailia

Buffalo New York

-A moslem sect

Jaffa

Altoona Pennsylvania

-A port of Israel

Jamil

Columbia South Carolina-

Beautiful

Jericho

Kingsport Tennessee

-City of Palms

Jerusalem

Destrehan Louisiana

-Capital of Israel

Joppa

Biloxi Mississippi

-Beauty

Kaaba

Davenport Iowa

-The sacred stone in the great Mosque of Mecca

Kalif

Sheridan Wyoming-

Supreme head of the Moslem community

Kalurah

Endicott New York

-Persian word for "gleaming corn"

Karem

Waco Texas-

Generous   noble  splendid

Karnak

Dollard des Ormeaux Quebec Canada-

Name of a town in Egypt famous for its ancient places and Temples

Kazim

Roanoke Virginia-

The name given by the Ottoman Turks to St Demetrius

Kem

Grand Forks North Dakota

-This name appears in the papyri of Egypt and  refers to the black alluvial soil of the Nile Valley   suggestive of the  fertile land of the Red River Valley of the North at Grand Forks North Dakota. This is also the pronunciation of the Arabic interrogative "how much"

Kena

Fairfax Virginia

-Capital city of an Egyptian Province the starting  point of the route of the Pilgrims to Mecca

Kerak

Reno Nevada

-Region east of Israel  a city east of the Dead Sea

Kerbela

Knoxville Tennessee

-A place of pilgrimage west of the Euphrates

Khartum

Winnipeg Manitoba Canada-

The chief city of the Sudan

Khedive

Chesapeake Virginia

-Title of Turkish viceroys in Egypt

Khiva

Amarillo Texas

-Country in Central Asia

Kismet

New Hyde Park New York

-Signifies "portion" of one's unalterable lot   in life and used in English to imply "late"

Kora

Lewiston Maine

-An ancient town in India

Korein

Rawlins Wyoming-

Arabic for "little horn"

Kosair

Louisville Kentucky-

Seaport on the African coast of the Red Sea

LuLu

Plymouth Meeting Pennsylvania-

Pearl

Luxor

St John  New Brunswick Canada

-Ancient city in upper Egypt

Mahi

Miami Florida-

Turkish word of Persian derivation meaning "fish"

Marzuq

Tallahassee Florida

-A place in the hills

Masada

Yakima Washington

A mountain fortess in Israel

Maskat

Wichita Fall Texas-

Seaport on the Gulf of Oman

Mazol

St Johns Newfoundland Canada

Isolation

Mecca

New York New York

-Sacred city of the Mohammedans  capital of Arabia

Media

Watertown New York-

Town in Algeria

Medinah

Chicago Illinois-

Sacred City of the Mohammedans

Melha

Springfield Massachusetts

-Arabic

Midian

Wichita Kansas

-Biblical name of a part of northwest Arabia

Mirza

Pittsburgh Kansas-

"Sir" in Persian

Mizpah

Ft Wayne Indiana

-Place name in ancient Palestine

Mocha

London Ontario Canada-

Small seaport on coast of the Red Sea

Mohammed

Peoria Illinois-

Founder of religion of Islam

Moila

St Joseph Missouri

-Elevator to higher dignity or honor

Moolah

St Louis Missouri-

Title for one learned in the teachings of Koran

Morocco

Jacksonville Florida-

A part of North Africa

Moslah

Ft Worth Texas-

Arabic

Moslem

Detroit Michigan

-Member of Islamic faith

Mount Sinai

Montpelier Vermont-

Mountain whence the Decalogue was promulgated

Murat

Indianapolis Indiana-

"Bir Murat" an oasis in the Nublan desert which  got its name from Marshal Murat

Naja

Deadwood South Dakota-

"Saved"  or dynasty or Abyssinian Mamelukes

Nemesis

Parkersburg West Virginia

-Goddess of retribution or vengeance

Nile

Mountlake Terrace Washington

-River in Egypt

Nur

Wilmington Delaware-

Arabic

Oasis

Charlotte North Carolina-

Fertile spot in the desert

Oleika

Lexington Kentucky

-Problematic; conceivably the diminutive of alakah

Omar

Charleston South Carolina

-Personal name

Oriental

Troy New York-

Pertaining to the Orient or East

Osiris

Wheeling West Virginia-

Chief of the Egyptians Gods

Osman

St Paul Minnesota-

Personal name; the first Turkish conqueror

Palestine

Cranston Rhode Island-

A part of Asia Minor now occupied by the  Israelites; the name means "the land of the Philistines"

Philae

Halifax Nova Scotia Canada

-An islet in the river Nile

Pyramid

Milford Connecticut-

A tomb for ancient Egyptian rulers

Rajah

Reading Pennsylvania

a-Title of Indian ruler or prince

Rameses

Toronto Ontario Canada-

Name of several Egyptian Pharaohs

Rizpah

Madisonville Kentucky

-Biblical name

Sabbar

Tucson Arizona-

Arabic

Sahara

Pine Bluff Arkansas-

A desert in Africa

Sahib

Sarasota Florida-

"Sir" or "Master"; also title of Assistant Rabban in  each Temple

Salaam

Livingston New Jersey-

Arabic salutation meaning "peace"

Saladin

Kentwood Michigan-

Name of a famous Sultan of Egypt good in religion"

Scimitar

Little Rock Arkansas

-A shor  curved sword

Sesostris

Lincoln Nebraska-

A legendary conqueror of the world and the name 

Sharon

Tyler Texas

-The Egyptian Yellow Rose of Sharon

Spinx

Newington Connecticut-

A famous monster formed by the head of a king  on an animal's body

Sudan

New Bern North Carolina

-Area of sub-Saharan Africa

Suez

San Angelo Texas

-The name of a port city at the head of the Red Sea

Syria

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania-

A country in Asia south of Turkey

Syrian

Loveland Ohio

-Native of Syria

Tadmor

Akron Ohio

-Ancient name of Palmyra

Tangier

Omaha Nebraska-

City of Morocco

Tebala

Rockford Illinois

-A place in Yemen

Tehama

Hastings Nebraska-

The word is of uncertain derivation but is thought  to mean "the primeval abyss"

Tehran

Fresno California

-Valley between the hills

Tigris

Liverpool New York-

River flowing into the Persian Gulf

Tripoli

Milwaukee Wisconsin-

City on northern coast of Africa

Tunis

Ottawa Ontario Canada

-Capital and largest city of Tunisia

Wa Wa

Regina Saskatchewan Canada-

A territory far south on the east bank of  the Nile

Wahabi

Jacksonville Mississippi-

Islamic sect founded by Mohammed

Yaarab

Atlanta Georgia

-An exclamation signifying "Oh  Arab"

Yelduz

Aberdeen South Dakota-

Turkish word for "star"

Za-Ga-Zig

Altoona Iowa-

City of northern Egypt in the Mile delta

Zamora

Irondale Alabama

Town in the northwest of Spain

Zelzah

Las Vegas Nevada-

Shade from the Sun

Zem Zem

Erie Pennsylvania

-Abundant water

Zembo

Harrisburg Pennsylvania-

Water spirit

Zenobia

Toledo Ohio-

Queen of Palmyra in Syria

Ziyara

Utica New York-

Pilgrimage to holy place of a tomb

Zor

Madison Wisconsin-

An eastern province of Syris

Zorah

Terre Haute Indiana

-Common meaning is "a visit"  and less common is  "a slave"

Zuhrah

Minneapolis Minnesota-

The Arabic meaning is "flower"