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FI: Muslim Place Names



Could someone examine these names and help me with those marked 
with '?' ?

Muslim south America	        Al-Wiraniyya/Watan al-Gharb
Rio de Janeiro			M. al-Nahr al-Shit.a
Rio de la Plata			Nahr al-Fad.d.a
La Plata			M. al-Fad.d.a
Argentina			 Watan al-Fad.d.a
Buenos Aires			M. al-Hawa al-Taiyib
Rio Grand do Sul		Nahr al-Kibir al-Kibli
São Paulo			M. al-Hasan
Porto Alegre			Bah.r al-(happiness)
Fernando de Noronha I.	         ?	
Trinidade I.			Al-Jazira al-Alawiyya
(a small colony of Alawites, who have a quasi-trinity in their 
theology, live here)
Martin Vaz Ys.		        Al-Juzur al-?
St  Peter and ?			Al-Juzur al-Hassan w'al-Husayn
St. Paul Rocks			#
Andes Mountains		       Al-Jibel al-Tawantinsuyu
Inca Empire/			 Al-Tawantinsuyu/
Gold Land			Watan al-Dahab
Tierra del Fuego		Al-Juzur al-Nar
Punta Arenas (Chile)		Ra`s al-(Sand)			
Falklands/Malvinas		Al-Juzur al-Id. al-Fit.r
West Falkland I.		Al-Jizira al-Gharb
Falkland Sound		        Al-Bah.r al-Juzur	
East Falkland I.		Al-Jizira al-Sharq
Strait of Magellan		Al-Bab al-Muslim
Golfo San Matías		Al-Khalig al-?
Golfo San Jorge		        Al-Khalig al-?
Peninsula Valdés		Ras al-Waladin/Rosh Yeledim
(a Jewish settlement * there *, a Welsh settlement * here *)
Bahía Grande			Al-Bah.r al-Kebir
Patagonia			Al-Bataqoniyya
Montevideo			M. al-Jabal al-`Ein
Uruguay			        Al-Uruquwai
Paraguay			Al-Baraquwai
Asunción (Paraguay)		?
South Georgia Islands		Al-Juzur al-Jawrj
(discovered by an explorer of Syrian peasant origin named George)
Australia			Al-Kibli
New Zealand			Awutariyya (< Maori Aotearea)