Lalish

Lalish is a mountain valley and temple located in the Nineveh Plains, , . It is the holiest temple of the Yazidis. It is the location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, a central figure of the Yazidi faith.
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  • Type: Village with an elevation of 717 metres
  • Description: valley and Yazidi sanctuary in Kurdistan, Iraq
  • Also known as: “Gali Lalish”, “Lalesch”, “Lalis”, “Lális”, “Laliş vadisi”, “Барат”, “Джамаи”, “Джамаи Лалыш”, “Каниа Спи”, “Кания Спи”, “Канья Спи”, “Лалиш”, “Лалыш”, “შეიხ ადის ტაძარი”, “Լալեշը”, “لالیش”, “معبد لالش”, “وادي لالش”, “ラリシュ”, and “ラリッシュ”

Lalish

Latitude
36.7715° or 36° 46′ 18″ north
Longitude
43.303° or 43° 18′ 11″ east
Elevation
717 metres (2,352 feet)
Open location code
8H85Q8C3+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2232575715
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
445483
Wiki­data ID
Q1017666
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Lalish” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لالش”
  • Armenian: “Լալեշ”
  • Asturian: “Lalish”
  • Azerbaijani: “Laliş məbədi”
  • Bengali: “লালিশ”
  • Catalan: “Lalish”
  • Cebuano: “Gālī Lālish”
  • Central Kurdish: “لالش”
  • Chuvash: “Лалеш”
  • Czech: “Láliš”
  • Danish: “Lalish”
  • Dutch: “Lalish”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لالش”
  • Esperanto: “Laliŝ”
  • Finnish: “Lališ”
  • French: “Lalesh”
  • Georgian: “ლალეში”
  • Georgian: “ლალიში”
  • German: “Lalisch”
  • Hebrew: “לאלש”
  • Hungarian: “Láles”
  • Irish: “Lalish”
  • Italian: “Lalish”
  • Japanese: “ラーリーシュ”
  • Kurdish: “Gelyê Lalish”
  • Kurdish: “Laliş”
  • Kurdish: “گەليێ لالش”
  • Kurdish: “لالش”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lalish”
  • Norwegian: “Lalish”
  • Persian: “لالش”
  • Polish: “Lalisz”
  • Portuguese: “Lalish”
  • Russian: “Лалеш”
  • Spanish: “Lalish”
  • Swedish: “Gālī Lālish”
  • Turkish: “Laliş”
  • Ukrainian: “Лаліш”
  • Urdu: “لالش”

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