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