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Origin of the name ZEITUN.
Etymology of the name ZEITUN.
Meaning of the baby name ZEITUN.
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ZEITUN (زيتون). Arabic
name, derived from the vocabulary word zeitun, meaning
"olive tree." It is also the name of several places (see
below). In Hebrew it is written זיתון.
ZEITUN (= "olive), the
name of several places in Turkey and Egypt, but principally an Armenian
town in the Aleppo vilayet,... (The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chisholm, 1911)
"Here
the Sheikh of Wady Musa now presented himself in due form; and to my no
little astonishment, turned out to be the identical old Mukeibil Abu
Zeitun, 'the Father of Olives,' who had caused all the trouble to
Messrs. Bankes, Legh, and Irby and Mangles in 1818; pushing his
obstinacy at that time so far, as almost to kindle a war among the Arab
tribes, in order to prevent the approach of the party to Wady Musa... (The
Christian Examiner and General Review, v.31, 1842)
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