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[b-hebrew] suffixes of geographical locations

From: Uzi Silber <uzisilber AT gmail.com>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] suffixes of geographical locations
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 13:40:48 -0500

Greetings,

I've noticed for some time that many places names/regions in the Land of
Israel end with either -ahn or -on.
So we have Golan, Bashan, Emek Dotan and we have Shomron, Sheemron, Xoron,
Sharon, Eglon, Giv'on, Beit Dagon, Xetzron, Avdon.

Were 'ahn' and 'on' suffixes meant to be geographical identifiers?

Uzi Silber

[b-hebrew] suffixes of geographical locations, Uzi Silber, 03/04/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] suffixes of geographical locations, Pere Porta, 03/04/2011
- Re: [b-hebrew] suffixes of geographical locations, Isaac Fried, 03/05/2011