Ain Senan

Geographic Feature:  Village

Description: The Arabic word "Ain" refers to a “naturally formed water spring found on the ground surface”. The authoritative Arabic language dictionary, Lisan Al Arab defines the word “ain" as a “source of running underground water”. The other constituent of the name is "Senan" a name of the person who constructed a well. The area consists of a village derives its geographic name from the well that used to exist in the region. Hence, it was termed Ain Senan.

The authoritative Arabic language dictionary, Mujam Al Bildan a reference for place-names defines Al Ain as a town in Yemen. Many other Ain’s have been defined for example Ain Tamr in Kufa, Ain Al Baqar in Akka (Palestine) and another Ain Jalout in Napolis (Palestine).