Tayr Falsay | |
Native Name: | طير فلساي |
Native Name Lang: | ara |
Settlement Type: | Small Town |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Lebanon |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | South Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Tyre |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Elevation M: | 260 |
Timezone: | GMT +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.3089°N 35.3481°W |
Grid Position: | 113/153 L |
Tayr Falsay (Arabic: طير فلساي ) is a small town in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located just south of the Litani river and 14 kilometres northeast of Tyre.
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means the fortress of the scales or small coins flew away.[1]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village built of stone; about 250 Metawileh; on side of hill near the top, with figs and arable land around. There are two springs, and cisterns."[2]
. 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.