The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine

Appendix I. — Glossary

Descriptive terms which occur with place names, and the abbreviations used:

Abu	Father
Ain	Spring
Beit	House
Birket	Pool
Bir	Well
Deir	Monastry
Ed, El, Er, Es, Ez	The definite article "The"
Jebel	Mountain
Jisr	Bridge
Kefr	Village
Khan	Inn
Khurbet	Rum
Makhadet	Ford
Nahr	River
Neby	A Prophet
Ras	Head, cape, top
Sheikh	Chief, Elder, Saint
Tel	Mound (especially one covering ruins)
Wadi	A watercourse (normally dry)