Dumistan
دمستان | |
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Village | |
  Dumistan Dumistan within Kingdom of Bahrain | |
| Coordinates: 26°07′26″N 50°28′05″E / 26.124°N 50.468°E | |
| Country | Kingdom of Bahrain |
| Governorate | Northern Governorate |
Dumistan (Arabic: دمستان) or Dabistan (Persian: دبستان) is a coastal village situated on the western shore of Bahrain. It is situated to the north of Karzakan and west of Hamad Town, in the Northern Governorate administrative region of the country.
There are two possible roots for the village's name.
The first is that it originates in the term "Dabistan" (Persian: دبستان, romanized: dabistaan) and is therefore and alteration of it,: 134 the term "Dabistan" (دبستان) is a Persian word that typically means "school" or "place of learning".: 134
So, Dabistan can be understood as "the place of learning" or simply "a school".
It is also possibly the former location of Al-Ittihad school (Persian: دبستان اتحاد ملی, romanized: Dabistan Ittihad Melli, lit. 'National Union Primary School'), although the remains of the school are in Manimal (possibly got relocated to Manama before being shut down in 1996).
The other purposed origin is that it means Persian: دُم استان, romanized: dumistan, lit. 'Tail land', although this is not supported by any major sources.
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