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Meaning of the dive site names

Meaning of the dive site names

Meaning of the dive site names

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Here is a small list of the most common dive sites with Arabic names and their meaning:

Abu - Father

Erg- coral tower

Erug - coral towers (plural)

Eshta - cream

Fanadir - Rock on the reef top

Fanous - sea mark

Gamaar - high

Gebel - mountain

Gota - part of ...

Hashish - sea grass

Kabeir - big

Kifan - deep water

Malag - indentation in the reef

Ras - head

Saghir - small

Shaab - coral/reef

Shabruhr - reef close to ...

Sharm - open bay with coral reefs all around

Torfa - reef tongue

Um - mother

Quais - good

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