Islamic Names for Colonial Nations

This would be ok except it would read "غرناطة الجديدة" which in English would be Ghurnatat Aljadida

While Makkat Almukarramat Algharbia means Western Mecca

Western Mecca isn't likely. Madina(t/h), however, is standard Arabic for "city", so expect a ton of cities named "Madina al-x"

As for Cuba, I have no idea (where did the OTL name come from?), and al-Urinuq is highly probable.
 
Western Mecca isn't likely. Madina(t/h), however, is standard Arabic for "city", so expect a ton of cities named "Madina al-x"

As for Cuba, I have no idea (where did the OTL name come from?), and al-Urinuq is highly probable.
Cuba comes from the Taíno language. The exact meaning of the name is unclear but it may be translated either as 'where fertile land is abundant' (cubao), or 'great place' (coabana).
 
You could also name places after Arabic people in this Time Line eg.
Monarch
Naval Captain
Military Commander
 
They could name the area that is know Mexico اناواك (Aanaawaak) after the Nahuatl term "Anahuac" which referred to the area that is now known as the Valley of Mexico.
 
What do you mean with doesn't have e or o? You can use Alif for them.

Present day Guayana would probably be called Arawakya or Arwakya.
Italics are for emphasis, not cynicism.
The classical Arabic spoken language has three vowels /aiu/ which are distinguished only by length, diphthong assimilation, and pharyngealization. This is because Classical Arabic is one of the most evolutionarily conservative semitic languages (proto semitic also only had these three vowels). This is reflected in the letters written language as well. As the script for Classical Arabic became used to write languages that do have those vowels, its Matris Lectionis were repurposed to that end. A rather poor choice in my opinion but then again what else would they have done? Dots on an alif look weird, and waw and ya are already dotted up.
 
Also no p in arabic, so Baraghway, Biru. Binislifania wouldn't be named that in this timeline anyhow.
Although, one need only give it a few generations and if loans are strong, the phonemes will come with them. This is how english has a [v] sound, for instance (yes some of you will say that it had it before but it wasn't phonemic)
 
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