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The Negev (, Tiberian vocalization: ', (アラビア語:النقب) ''an-Naqab'') is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. 196,000), in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort city of Eilat. It contains several development towns, including Dimona, Arad and Mitzpe Ramon, as well as a number of small Bedouin cities, including Rahat and Tel as-Sabi. There are also several kibbutzim, including Revivim and Sde Boker; the latter became the home of Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, after his retirement from politics. The desert is home to the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, whose faculties include the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research and the Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies, both located on the Midreshet Ben-Gurion campus adjacent to Sde Boker. In October 2012, global travel guide publisher Lonely Planet rated the Negev second on a list of the world's top ten regional travel destinations for 2013, noting its current transformation through development. ==Etymology; other names== The origin of the word ''negev'' is from the Hebrew root denoting 'dry'. In the Bible, the word ''Negev'' is also used for the direction 'south'; some English-language translations use the spelling "Negeb". In Arabic, the Negev is known as ''al-Naqab'' or ''an-Naqb'' ("the () pass"),〔https://books.google.co.il/books?id=71SnYdunv1MC&pg=PA670&lpg=PA670&dq=%22Naqb%22+%22negev%22+bedouin&source=bl&ots=EmTXpblmiv&sig=7o-BSiNevrZIl2gHgYAoPirkBHE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=athCVZ7AG8T1aqa_gMgM&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Naqb%22%20%22negev%22%20bedouin&f=false〕 though it was not thought of as a distinct region until the demarcation of the Egypt-Ottoman frontier in the 19th century and has no traditional Arabic name.〔Palestine Exploration Quarterly (April 1941). ''The Negev, or Southern Desert of Palestine by George E. Kirk.'' London. Page 57.〕 During the British Mandate it was called Beersheba sub-district.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Negev」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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