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Where does “Mogadishu” come from?

Mogadishu comes from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو, of unknown ultimate origin.

Ancestry of “Mogadishu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمَقَدِيشُو—
2Persian[[شاه]] [[مقعد]]—

Words derived from “Mogadishu”

  • Madagascar
  • Malagasy
  • macaque
  • macaco
  • Madagascarian
  • Mogadishan
  • Madagascar buzzard
  • macaco
  • macaco
  • macaquerie
  • macaque
  • macaco-de-cheiro
  • macaco-preto
  • macacão
  • macaco
  • macaco-barrigudo
  • 馬達加斯加
  • Mogadiŝo
  • makak
  • macac
  • मालागासी
  • Madagascar
  • makak
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