بَلَدٌ

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بَلَدٌ and بَلْدَةٌ both signify the same; namely, [A country, land, region, province, district, or territory: and a city, town, or village: or] any portion of the earth, or of land, comprehended within certain limits, [thus I render مُسْتَحِيزَة, and in like manner it is rendered in the TK,] cultivated, or inhabited, or uncultivated, or uninhabited: or the former signifies any place of this description; and the latter, a portion thereof: or the former is a generic name of a place [or country or region or province] such as El-'Irák and Syria; and the latter signifies a particular portion thereof such as [the city or town of] El-Basrah and Damascus; or these are post-classical applications: or the former, a tract of land, or district, which is an abode, or a place of resort, of animals, or genii, even if containing no building: or a land, or country, absolutely: and also a town, or village, syn. قَرْيَةٌ: but this latter is a conventional adventitious application: and the latter, a land, country, or territory, [belonging to, or inhabited by, a people,] syn.

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