Maaloula
Also known as Ma'loula, Ma'lula, Maʻlūlā, Maʿlūlā
Maaloula (; ) is a town in southwestern Syria. The town is located in the Rif Dimashq Governorate and is 56 km northeast of Damascus, and is built into the mountainside at an altitude of more than 1,500m. It is known as one of three remaining villages where Western Neo-Aramaic is spoken, the other two being the nearby smaller villages of Jubb'adin and Bakha
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- Locality
- معلولا
- Region
- محافظة ريف دمشق
- Country
- سوريا
- Population
- 5,000
- Timezone
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- Saint Sarkis Monastic Complex
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Maaloula (; ) is a town in southwestern Syria. The town is located in the Rif Dimashq Governorate and is 56 km northeast of Damascus, and is built into the mountainside at an altitude of more than 1,500m. It is known as one of three remaining villages where Western Neo-Aramaic is spoken, the other two being the nearby smaller villages of Jubb'adin and Bakha
==Etymology== is said to derive from the Aramaic word , meaning "entrance". The name is romanized as Maaloula, Ma'loula, Maalula, Ma'lula, Malula. However, "Maaloula" is the most common.
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