Asalka magacyada magaalooyinka ardu Somal

I’ve heard that rumor before as well, but the camel belonging to Warsan is new :icon lol:
I don’t believe any of it though, Bossasso sounds a lot like the ancient name the Greeks have it, Mosylon. Replace the M with a B and it sounds a lot like a corruption of the name. I think Warsan was still in Meydh back then :icon lol:
See, this was what I originally posted back in 2023.
  • Boosaaso: previously known as Bander Qassim, the name of the founder of the city, is named after his he-camel, but what does it mean?

From a linguistic etymological point of view, Boosaaso ( Bosaso ) could be a modification of Moosylon ( Mosylon ).

Moosylon ( Mosylon ) : Μοσυλλόν and Μόσυλον .
L S .
M B .
Boosaaso : B oo s aa s o .
Moosylon : M oo s y
l on .
-on (-ων ) is a Greek suffix .

the suffix -ō̆n (-ων ) known as the " Strabon suffix " .

for example :

The ancient Greek geographer Strabo ,
his name in Greek is : Strábōn Στράβων.
Strábōn ( in Greek ) → Strabō ( in Latin ) .

Hellenistic philosopher Zeno of Citium ,
his name in Greek is Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς " Zēnōn ho Kitieus " .

Plato " an ancient Greek philosopher ",
his name in Greek is : Πλάτων, Plátōn .

Pharaṓn ( Φαραών ) is Greek alternative form of Pharaṓ ( Φαραώ ) .

Pharaṓ ( Φαραώ ) → Pharaṓn ( Φαραών ) .

پرعا پرعونفرعون

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Some of the names are very interesting, others are obvious, whereas some look far-fetched.

- Muqdisho: maqcad al shah, as in the seat of the King.

- Hargeysa: Harar geysa, the route to Harar.

- Boosaaso: previously known as Bander Qassim, the name of the founder of the city, is named after his he-camel, but what does it mean?

- Banaadir (region, not city): is the plural of Bander, a Farsi word for cities abutting bodies of water.

- Kismaayo: As in 'kasi maa', I do not know.

- Garowe: a thorny tree popular in the Nugaal region.

- Baydhaba: as in 'il bay dhawi', a source of surface water.

- Bay: as in 'dhoodi', solid surface

- Boorama: New year in Oromo language, or named after the land of Booraan, a tribal Oromo name.

- Burco: a water well in an elevated patch of land suitable for grazing.

- Gaalkacyo: removed from the Gaalla (Oromo) people.

- Zaylac: land of the Zayli'iyun, nomadic tribes off the Hijaz terrain.
Gaal means Geel
 

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