Shamu

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic الشام (aš-šām, “the north”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Shamu

  1. (historical) Greater Syria, the Levant (region comprising the lands around the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)
  2. (proscribed) Syria (a country in the Middle East) (modern country)

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References

  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 159 Nr. 1415
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