Aadchit Al Qusayr Explained

Aadchit Al Qusayr
Native Name:عدشيت القصير
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Map Alt:Map showing the location of Aadchit within Lebanon
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Lebanon
Coordinates:33.2772°N 35.4808°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Nabatieh Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Marjeyoun District
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:+961

Aadchit Al Qusayr, or simply Aadchit (Arabic: عدشيت), is a village in the Marjeyoun District in South Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Atshis comes from a personal name.[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "a small village, built of mud and stone, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on a low ridge surrounded by small gardens and olives. The water supply is from four rock-cut cisterns."[2]

Bibliography

. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.

. Edward Henry Palmer. 1881. The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 18
  2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 86