What is "al-manshiyya"

Al-Manshiyya is a place name that was commonly used in Palestine. Villages named al-Manshiyya include:

• Al-Manshiyya, Acre, depopulated during the 1948 war
• Al-Manshiyya, Jaffa, depopulated during the 1948 war
• Al-Manshiyya, Safad, depopulated during the 1948 war
• Al-Manshiyya, Tiberias, depopulated during the 1948 war
• Al-Manshiyya, Tulkarm, depopulated during the 1948 war
• Al-Manshiyya, Jenin, small village southwest of Jenin, Palestinian territories
• Iraq al-Manshiyya, depopulated during the 1948 war