Meaning of the dive site names
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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