Al-Shajara (; also transliterated as ''ash-Shajara'', ''ash-Shajarah'', ''el-Shagara'', or ''esh-Shagara'') an
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
word meaning 'the tree'. It can also refer to the following places in the Middle East:
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Al-Shajara, Jordan, a village in northern Jordan
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Al-Shajara, Palestine
Al-Shajara () was a Palestinian Arab village depopulated by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War when its residents were forcefully evacuated and became refugees. It was located 14 kilometers west of Tiberias on the main highway to Nazareth ...
, a depopulated Palestinian village near Tiberias
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Al-Shajara, Syria
Al-Shajara (, also spelled ''ash-Shajarah'') is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate, located west of Daraa, in between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Jordan. Nearby localities include Saham al-Jawlan t ...
, a town in southern Syria
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Al-Shajara, Khartoum, a neighborhood in Sudan's capital Khartoum
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