place names in Palestine
... that most of the place names in Palestine are Arabised words with ancient Semitic roots that were preserved by the local indigenous population, facilitating their identification with biblical sites?
... that most of the <b id="mwC7k"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Place_names_in_Palestine" id="mwC7o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Place names in Palestine">place names in Palestine</a></b> are <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Arabicized" id="mwC7s" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arabicized">Arabised</a> words with ancient <a class="mw-disambig" href="./Semitic" id="mwC7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Semitic">Semitic</a> roots that were preserved by the local indigenous population, facilitating their identification with <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Biblical" id="mwC70" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Biblical">biblical</a> sites?