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Thread #103975   Message #2123969
Posted By: Genie
11-Aug-07 - 07:09 PM
Thread Name: Arabic & African names in English songs & stories
Subject: RE: Arabic & African names in English songs & stories
Re Abdul Abulbul Ameer, I thought the original title was "Abudallah Bulbul, Ameer" (or "Emir," depending on how you transliterate from Arabic to English."   Anyway, the name not only gets transliterated variously, but it also morphs into many variations of the name itslef.

Would the song "Thaïs," which is based on the opera, fit this category? I don't know what ethnicity the name Thaïs is.