Words that come from English “Mogadishu”

75 words across 22 languages descend from English Mogadishu — including Madagascar, macaque, Macassar, Makassar, antimacassar, macassar, macaco, antimacassared.

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Finnish (16)

English (15)

Polish (10)

Portuguese (10)

French (3)

Dutch (2)

Esperanto (2)

Spanish (2)

Maltese (2)

Chinese (1)

Italian (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Romanian (1)

Middle French (1)

Mirandese (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Yoruba (1)

Fijian (1)

Lingala (1)

Saramaccan (1)

Urdu (1)

Thai (1)