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Variations of words Jabal, Jabel, Jebal, Jebel, Jbel, Djebel, Jibal, etc. have been used for the Arabic word "Jah-BAYL" meaning "mountain, hill or slope" (as elevations). The words have been used to name many mountains, places, people, or others:

People

• Biblical figure Jabal:

Genesis 4:20: "And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents."

• Muadh ibn Jabal

Places

• Jabal al-Tair Island
• Jabel, a German municipality
• Jibal, late 1st-millennium-CE West-Asian realm
• Djebel Babor Nature Reserve, a protected area in Algeria

Mountains and mountainous regions

• Jabal:
  • Jabal al-Tariq, a.k.a. Rock of Gibraltar
  • Jabal al-Thawr
  • Jabal al-Nour, "Mountain of Light"
  • Jabal Jur,Bingöl
• Jebal:
  • Jebal Al Qamr - near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Jebal Bani Jabur - in Oman
  • Jebal Barez - mountain chain in Kerman Province of Iran
  • Jebal Djudi - "Deluge Mountain" of the Arabic legends
  • Jebal Gingamba - in Central African Republic
  • Jebal Kasioun - near Damascus, Syria
• Jebel:
  • Jebel Al Jais - in Ras Al Khaimah
  • Jebel Akhdar (Libya) - "Green Mountain"
  • Jebel Akhdar (Oman) - "Green Mountain"
  • Jebel Barkal
  • Jebel Bishri - in Syria
  • Jebel Hafeet - in United Arab Emirates & Oman
  • Jebel Mgoun - 2nd highest peak in North Africa
  • Jebel Musa - north tip of Morocco, opposite Gibraltar
  • Jebel Shams - "Sun Mountain", highest mountain in Oman
  • Jebel Toubkal (Morocco)
  • Jebel al-Mawta - "Mountain of the Dead" in Siwa Oasis
  • Jebel ech Chambi
• Jbel:
  • Jbel Bouhalla - in Rif range of northern Morocco
  • Jbel Saghro or Jbel Sarhro – the "Dry Mountain" (Morocco)
  • Jbel Sirwa - in Anti-Atlas mountains of Morocco
  • Jbel Toubkal - Morocco
• Djebel:
  • Djebel Al Awaynat - mountain in Libya, Egypt & Sudan
  • Djebel Babor - mountain formation in Algeria
  • Djebel Maoud, Niger
  • Djebel Zaghouan - in eastern Tunisia

Other

• Djebel (1937-1958), race horse

See also:

• Jabalpur, a city in central India

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