ولاد البلد

English translation: homeboys

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Arabic term or phrase:ولاد البلد
English translation:homeboys
Entered by: ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI

09:47 Jun 3, 2020
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: ولاد البلد
تعبير مصري شعبي
Rawan
homeboys
Explanation:
an acquaintance from one's own town or neighbourhood, or from the same social background.
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ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
Morocco
Local time: 14:34
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5 +2homeboys
ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
5countrymen
Tamer Mekhimar
4Homeland's guys/men
Yassine El Bouknify


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homeboys


Explanation:
an acquaintance from one's own town or neighbourhood, or from the same social background.

ABDESSAMAD BINAOUI
Morocco
Local time: 14:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 47
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agree  Youssef Chabat
2 mins
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agree  Zakaria Oudrhiri
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Homeland's guys/men


Explanation:
It means people who belong to their homeland/country

Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 14:34
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 185
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countrymen


Explanation:
a man or person from your own country:



Example sentence(s):
  • Didn't he feel guilty about betraying his fellow countrymen and women?

    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/countryman
Tamer Mekhimar
Egypt
Local time: 15:34
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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