Kafr Hud ( ar, كفر هود) is a
Syrian town located in the
Mahardah Subdistrict of the
Mahardah District
Mahardah District ( ar, محردة ') is a district (mantiqah) administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 143,953. Its administrative centre is the city of Mahardah.
Sub-districts
The distri ...
in
Hama Governorate. According to the
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Hud had a population of 2,736 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly
Sunni Muslims.
Smith
Smith may refer to:
People
* Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals
* Smith (given name)
* Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland
** List of people wi ...
, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
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Etymology
The first word of Kafr Hud, which is Kafr, is a Syriac Syriac may refer to:
*Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic
*Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region
* Syriac alphabet
** Syriac (Unicode block)
** Syriac Supplement
* Neo-Aramaic languages a ...
word for "farm" or "village". The second wordt 'Hud' is derived from another Syriac Syriac may refer to:
*Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic
*Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region
* Syriac alphabet
** Syriac (Unicode block)
** Syriac Supplement
* Neo-Aramaic languages a ...
word, 'Hudtha' which refers to decoratation.
References
Bibliography
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Populated places in Mahardah District
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