<sod>The old name of the town is [[Abiba]] in the old [[Syrian]] languages [[Aramaic]], [[Syriac language|Syriac]], ([[Assyria]]n), it means a plain green grass.<eod>
<sod>The old name of the town is ''Abiba'', which in [[Aramaic]] and [[Syriac language|Syriac]] means a plain green grass.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}<eod>