Abyad

Abyad, also transliterated abiad, is an Arabic word meaning 'white'. It may refer to:

Places

• Abu al Abyad (formerly Abu al Jirab), an island of the United Arab Emirates
• Hajar Abyad, a village in northern Syria
• Jeb Abyad-Byud, a Syrian village
• An Nīl al Abyaḑ, the Arabic name of the White Nile, river in Africa
• An Nil al Abyad, the Arabic name of the Sudan state of White Nile
• Ras al-Abyad/Ras ben Sakka, a cape in Tunisia, the northernmost point of the African continent
• Tell Abyad, a town in northern Syria
  • Tell Abyad District, in Syria with Tell Abyad as its administrative centre
  • Tell Abyad Subdistrict, in Syria with Tell Abyad as its administrative centre
• Tell Sabi Abyad, an archaeological site in northern Syria
• Wadi al-Abyad or al-Ubayyid, a wadi (valley) in Iraq
• Wadi Al Abyadh, a valley in Oman

Tell Abyad-related military events

• Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)
• Tell Abyad offensive (2015)
• Battle of Tell Abyad (2016)
• Battle of Tell Abyad (2019)

Other

• Abyad wa Aswad (lit. 'Black and White'), an Arabic political culture magazine published in Damascus

See also

• White Mosque (disambiguation) (Arabic: Masjid al-Abyad)