The book “Geographical Names: Memory of Generations” by Dr. Khalifa Al Rumaithi in the Emirati newspaper Al Bayan, where the contents of the book were briefly explained.

 

In the book Geographical Names: Memory of Generations, the writer was able to collect and verify many geographical names, and dealt with their history, nature, relationship with the surrounding environment, and the changes that occurred in their pronunciation as a result of the presence of other nationalities for whom it is difficult to pronounce some Arabic names, so the name or the pronunciation melody was changed; Therefore, the writer first checked whether the correct name existed or not, then whether its pronunciation and the way it was written were correct.

 

The writer answered one's questions: How and when were the places named? Who gave them these names?

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Dr. Khalifa Al Rumaithi: Dr. Khalifa Al Rumaithi is known as a pioneer in the field of National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in his country. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Geospatial World Forum in April 2019 in Amsterdam as a “pioneer in the UAE geospatial community”.

 

Dr. Khalifa Al Rumaithi was born in Abu Dhabi. He held senior government positions that resulted in experience in strategic planning and geographical policies. He is one of the veterans who lived with the founders of the state. He received a good amount of education in the field of surveying and spatial data, which enabled him to control the locations of geographical names in a scientific manner.