Zawita

Zawita
Town
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Coordinates: 36°54′21.0″N 43°08′34.0″E
Country	Iraq
Autonomous region	Kurdistan Region
Governorate	Dohuk Governorate
District	Dohuk District

Zawita (Arabic: زاويتة,[1] Kurdish: زاویته, romanized: Zawîte[2][3]) is a town in the Dohuk Governorate, Kurdistan Region in Iraq. The name of the town is thought to come from the Syriac word for "corner."[4]

References

1. "طائرات تركية تقصف مركبة بمحافظة دهوك وتقتل أربعة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
2. KRSO (2009). "2009 - ناوی پاریزگا. يه که کارگيرييه كانی پاریزگاكانی هه ریمی کوردستان" (PDF). Kurdistan Region Statistics Office (KRSO) (in Kurdish). p. 135. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
3. "Duhok – Li Zawîte du kes di bîra avê de xeniqîn" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
4. Rudolf Wittkower; Douglas Fraser; Howard Hibbard; Milton J. Lewine (1967). Essays in the history of architecture presented to Rudolf Wittkower , Volume 1. Phaidon. p. 9. ISBN 9780714813011.

36°54′21″N 43°8′34″E