Abyad
# Abyad

Abyad, also transliterated abiad, is an Arabic word meaning 'white'. It may refer to:

## Places

* Abu al Abyad (formerly Abu al Jirab), an island of the United Arab Emirates
* Hajar Abyad, a village in northern Syria
* Jeb Abyad-Byud, a Syrian village
* An Nīl al Abyaḑ, the Arabic name of the White Nile, river in Africa
* An Nil al Abyad, the Arabic name of the Sudan state of White Nile
* Ras al-Abyad/Ras ben Sakka, a cape in Tunisia, the northernmost point of the African continent
* Tell Abyad, a town in northern Syria
   * Tell Abyad District, in Syria with Tell Abyad as its administrative centre
   * Tell Abyad Subdistrict, in Syria with Tell Abyad as its administrative centre
* Tell Sabi Abyad, an archaeological site in northern Syria
* Wadi al-Abyad or al-Ubayyid, a wadi (valley) in Iraq
* Wadi Al Abyadh, a valley in Oman

## Tell Abyad-related military events

* Battle of Tell Abyad (2013)
* Tell Abyad offensive (2015)
* Battle of Tell Abyad (2016)
* Battle of Tell Abyad (2019)

## Other

* Abyad wa Aswad (lit. 'Black and White'), an Arabic political culture magazine published in Damascus
