Kaddouri
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Region of origin | Iraq (Baghdad), Arabic surname found among Muslims and Jews (Jewish variant spelled "Kedourie") |
Kaddouri (Arabic: خضوري, derived from "green", akhdar in Arabic; Hebrew: כדורי (transliterated; does not mean green, which would be ירוק, yarok)) and many other transliterations, is an Arabic surname. People with the surname include:
- Badr El Kaddouri (born 1981), Moroccan footballer
- Elie Kedourie (1926–1992), British historian
- Majid Khadduri (1909-2007), Iraqi academic
- Omar El Kaddouri (born 1990), Belgian footballer
- Sylvia Kedourie (1925–2016), British historian
Others
[edit]- Kadoorie family, Jewish family originally from Baghdad, then Bombay, Shanghai, and finally Hong Kong
- Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), philanthropist and businessman
- Kadoorie Agricultural High School and youth village in Israel, founded by Sir Ellis Kadoorie
- Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie, the Arab twin institution of the Jewish Kadoorie Agricultural School
- Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), philanthropist and businessman
- Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie (1899–1993), industrialist, hotelier
- Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995), industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist
- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, a farm and bontanic garden in Hong Kong established by Lawrence and Horace Kadoorie.
- Michael Kadoorie (b. 1941), businessman and philanthropist
- Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), philanthropist and businessman
- Yitzhak Kaduri (died 2006), Haredi (Ultra Orthodox) rabbi and kabbalist