what does the name hamza mean in arabic
strong or steadfast
title: Gaza City text: city is currently administered by a 14-member municipal council. The name "Gaza" is first known from military records of Thutmose III of Egypt in the 15th century BCE. According to Shahin, the Ancient Egyptians called it "Ghazzat" ("prized city"), and the Muslims often referred to it as "Ghazzat Hashem", in honor of Hashim, the great-grandfather of Muhammad, who is buried in the city, according to Islamic tradition. In Semitic languages, the meaning of the city name is "fierce, strong". Other proper Arabic transliterations for the Arabic name are "" or "Ġazzah" (DIN 31635). Accordingly, "Gaza" might be spelled "Gazza" in title: Hamsa text: Hamsa The hamsa ( "khamsah"; , also romanized "khamsa"; "tafust") is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout the Middle East and North Africa and commonly used in jewelry and wall hangings. Depicting the open right hand, an image recognized and used as a sign of protection in many times throughout history, the "hamsa" is believed by some, predominantly Muslims, Jews and Catholics, to provide defense against the evil eye. It has been theorized that its origins lie in Ancient Egypt or Carthage (modern-day Tunisia) and may have been associated with the Goddess Tanit. "Khamsah" is an Arabic word that means "five", title: Ganzak text: Ganzak Ganzak (Persian: گنزک "Ganzak", Greek: "Gazaca", Latin: "Gaza", "Ganzaga", Arabic: "Janza", "Jaznaq"), is an ancient town founded in northwestern Iran. The city stood somewhere south of Lake Urmia, and it has been postulated that the Persian nobleman Atropates chose the city as his capital. The exact location, according to Minorsky, Schippmann, and Boyce, is identified as being near Leylan, Malekan County in the Miandoab plain. The word means “treasury” and is of Median origin, and was adopted into Persian by the Achaemenid Empire. The name is related to the Persian word for treasury i.e. گنج "Ganj". Ganzak was built title: Hanif (given name) text: Hanif (given name) Hanif (Arabic: حنيف) is an Arabic masculine given name, which means a righteous person or a true believer. The origin of the word is uncertain, although it is generally agreed that it is derived from the Syriac word "hanpe", which means 'heathen'. It is generally agreed that the word Ḥanīf (plural: ḥunafā') is derived from the Syriac word "hanpe", which means 'heathen'. However, there is no credible theory which can explain the transformation of the term's meaning – from heathen to monotheist. Nabataeans used Hanif's cognate to designate a follower of Hellenized religion. And Nabataean is generally title: Hamsa text: Arabic, but without hand gestures, is "khamsa wa-khamis" ("five and Thursday"). As the fifth day of the week, Thursday is considered a good day for magic rites and pilgrimages to the tombs of revered saints to counteract the effects of the evil eye. Due to its significance in both Arabic and Berber culture, the "hamsa" is one of the national symbols of Algeria and appears in its emblem. It is also the most popular among the different amulets (such as the Eye and the "Hirz"—a silver box containing verses of the Quran) for warding off the evil eye in Egypt.