Harlem was originally named New Haarlem after a Dutch village. It was named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands and became a part of New York City in 1873.
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the original name for the area that became the states of the midwest was mexico. sucka
Official year of Confederation. The term Canada stopped referring to a colony (now Ontario and Quebec) and became the name of the new Confederation.
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Yathrib is another name to the city of Madinah in Arabia.
"Yathrib" is the old name for Medina (Al-Madinah Al-Monawarah) city in Saudi Arabia, before the migration of Prophet Muhammad. Worth mentioning that it's not preferable to name the city "Yathrib" now. The name itself comes from the family head (Yathrib Ibn Abeel) which was said to be the first family to inhibit this area. They are descendants of Prophet Noah.
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Yathrib's residents had asked Muhammad to move to the city in order to bring strong leadership and peace. They sought Muhammad's counsel in brokering a peace between the warring tribed of Aws and Khazraj.
Bakkah and Baladul Ameen.
Muhammad's journey to yathrib is called Hijrah.
muhammads followers renamed yathrib "medina"
Current Medina was called Yathrib during the time of Prophet Muhammad (S).
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before it was called yathrib but when Muhammad s.a.w went there since then it was called Madinatun nabi . city of nabi.
Yathrib renamed as Madina .
Yathrib. This name seems to be related to the Arabic word for "corrupt". Probably the original name of the city meant something like "incorruptible place".