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You know I LOVE the name Saylac-Zeila.

Cadale - means Cadey Leh, they have the traditional Somali toothbrushes and according to my mum you see it before you reach the Town.

Adan Yabal - named after a man

Caddow Uul - Uul means dark pitch black, and Caddow comes from Cad - light. Don't know the story behind that name, Addow told me what Uul meant.

Xamar - Probably means 'gold' since the sand is whiteish/gold, but who knows maybe centuries ago it was reddish.

Would love to know the meaning/names behind; Afgooye, Jowhar, Mahadweyen, Balcad, Marka and Baydhabo.

Wanle-Weyn(My Dads Hometown) Basically means Big Ram....I dont know where that name came from.there is also another variation which says wanle is a maay word for Milk,so wanle-weyn is a place with abundant Milk.

Thanks guys



Warsan,

Well, have you ever seen an area like the one below:

Banadir: is plural of Bandar which means port in Persian and in the past the whole coastal region of Somalia was referred as Banadir!

Xamar means light and it is in reference to the city's light colored sand.

that picture of the camels and the red sand is Caabudwaaq, it portrays the exact meaning of Galgaduud where Caabudwaaq is located.

what about dhuusamareeb

Thanks Kartel.

Enemy_Of_Mad_Mullah wrote:what about dhuusamareeb

Hey, what does Gabiley mean?

ibrahimcw wrote:that picture of the camels and the red sand is Caabudwaaq, it portrays the exact meaning of Galgaduud where Caabudwaaq is located.

I read the word Ximan (Himan) is the area under Mudug and galgaduud, what does Ximan mean & how is galgaduud read: is Gal*Gaduud or Galga*Duud?

Bulo Xaar contaray to popuar believe has nothing to do with feaces
Rather it's to do with the heat of the location Xararad (temprature)

Thanks Seemeyer, well haar (in arabic) does mean hot! and Ha*rarah means temperature.



Enemy:

Wanna read a speculation of what Dosa-mareeb mean? If you divide the name into two parts: "Dosa/Dusa" is the name of a clan from the tribe of Zahran who historically dwelled/dwells in Southern Saudia/Yemen whereas Mareeb/Ma*reeb/Ma'rib is the name of a well known dam in Yemen and city of Ma'rib was the capital at one point. It's like in the west, there was York in England and then immigrants named their new home by New York!

Navy9 wrote: Enemy:

Wanna read a speculation of what Dosa-mareeb mean? If you divide the name into two parts: "Dosa/Dusa" is the name of a clan from the tribe of Zahran who historically dwelled/dwells in Southern Saudia/Yemen whereas Mareeb/Ma*reeb/Ma'rib is the name of a well known dam in Yemen and city of Ma'rib was the capital at one point. It's like in the west, there was York in England and then immigrants named their new home by New York!

very intresting