Srifa: Difference between revisions

| subdivision_name = {{flagcountry|Lebanon}}

| subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Lebanon|Governorate]]

| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Lebanon|District]]

| subdivision_name2 = [[Tyre District]]

'''Srifa'''<ref>From personal name; according to Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/32/mode/1up 32]</ref> ({{langx|ar|صريفا}}) is a municipality in [[Southern Lebanon]], located in [[Tyre District]], [[South Governorate|Governorate of South Lebanon]]. It is located 22 kilometres east of the city [[Tyros]] and 90 kilometers south of the capital [[Beirut]]. It is the birthplace of [[Rima Fakih]], [[Miss USA]] 2010.<ref name=msnbc20100517>{{Citation|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna37193792|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519130604/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37193792/ns/today-today_fashion_and_beauty/|url-status=live|archive-date=May 19, 2010|title=Miss USA from powerful Shiite family|date=May 17, 2010|work=[[msnbc.com]]|series=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=May 17, 2010}}</ref>

 

According to [[Edward Henry Palmer|E. H. Palmer]], the origin of the name is Sref. It has been suggested that the name means melting and purifying metals(the place of purification and smelting of metals)or it means "casting dirhams”. <ref>{{cite book |last1=Daher |first1=Al Cheick Saliman |title=Dictionary of Jabal Amel Village |publisher=Imam Al-Sadiq Foundation for Research in the Heritage of the Scholars of Jabal Amel |pages=408 |url=https://books.rafed.net/view.php?type=c_fbook&b_id=2500&page=18}}</ref>