Talk:Emirate of Umm Al Quwain

"History" - Hellenistic Era

There is a problem with this sentence:

"The earliest settlements in Umm Al Quwain had strong Hellenistic traits; some of these are more than 7,000 years old. "

The Hellenistic period does not begin until about 300 B.C. (2,300 years ago) after Alexander the Great's conquests. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.180.5.140 (talk) 03:39, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Advertisement?

I get the feeling that this is written by the Umm al-Quwain tourist agency or similiar. More like a brochure than an encyclopedic entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huskatt (talk • contribs) 22:30, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Meaning

I've learned that "umm al..." means "mother of all...", but I was hoping to find the translation of this title here. Steve8394 (talk) 16:20, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

@Steve8394, "Umm Al" literally translates "Mother of the", but in Arabic this term is used to refer to a place with a certain feature, for example an area in Al Ain city called "Umm Al Ghaf" which means "The one with Ghaf trees", similarly "Umm Al Quwain" literally translates to "Mother of Two Powers" which means "The one with Two Powers", there are several possible interpenetration here to what "Two Powers" refer to, but still no definitive meaning. Regard, UA3 (talk) 10:36, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Move

Move to Emirate of Umm Al Quwain for consistency. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:3FB0:300:D1FA:6F04:7B33:CE3D (talk) 19:58, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Requested move 18 February 2021

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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• Umm Al Quwain → Emirate of Umm Al Quwain
• Umm al-Quwain (city) → Umm Al Quwain

This page is about the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain and should be renamed to be less confusing and be similar to the other Emirates of the United Arab Emirates such as the city of Dubai which is named Dubai and the Emirate of Dubai which is named Emirate of Dubai. 2A00:23C4:FCAC:7401:5059:D53D:3566:45E8 (talk) 21:16, 18 February 2021 (UTC) —Relisted. P.I. Ellsworth  ed. ^put'r there 06:08, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

• Merged the other move request from Umm al-Quwain (city) into this one – Thjarkur (talk) 22:24, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

• Oppose. This makes a certain amount of sense but I think it best to stick with recognisability here rather than consistency, and I think this is our policy too. Dubai is a significantly different case; Many people have heard of Dubai, far fewer of Umm Al Quwain, and this has affected the common usage of the terms. Andrewa (talk) 22:03, 25 February 2021 (UTC)
• Support It must be done to bring it in line with the other emirates. Fixer88 (talk) 11:46, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Spelling

I see UNECE use a different spelling in their list Umm al Qaywayn. I've also seen 'Qiwain'. How do we decide which is best? All are being translated from arabic I guess. Fob.schools (talk) 07:38, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Both are archaic forms - transliteration attempts that have generally been succeeded by the current spelling. The accepted modern spelling is as per the article (and pretty much every road sign in UAQ!!!) and per UAQ Municipality. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 11:58, 9 April 2023 (UTC)