As Lebanese we are so accustomed to the names of areas that most of the time, we do not realize how they might sound once translated to English.
Here is a list of some of the commonly known areas in Lebanon that once translated to English are just kind of bizarre.
1. Sin el Fil
Tooth of the elephant
2. Forn el Chebbak
Oven of the window
3. Nahr el Mot
River of death
4. Ain el Rimaneh
Eye of the pomegranate
5. Ras Beirut
Head of Beirut
6. Chouf
See
7. Khirbit Silim
Ruined peace
8. Laqlouq
Wobbly
9. Beit Shabab
House of the guys
10. Bint Jbeil
Daughter of the mountains
11. Anfeh
Nose
12. Talet el Khayat
Hill of the tailor
13. Tareek el Jdeideh
New road
14. Cola
Not Pepsi?
15. Sakiet el Janzeer
Waterer of the chain
16. Bourj Hamoud
The horoscope of Hamoud