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August 2008 Blog Posts (1)

Madagascar/Madagasikara

What is the origin of the name of the country? The Arabs say that it results of "mata qash " = the distant country. It is to verify. I do not speak Arabic I can not say if it is true or not. According to the historians the traveler Marco Polo would have mentioned the island of Madagascar in his narratives. Others say that he confused with Mogadishu (in Somalia). But the name stayed. Although Portuguese and French called it Saint Laurent in the 16th and 17th centuries. Even the Natives don… Continue

Added by ♥Dany♥ on August 21, 2008 at 6:46pm — 1 Comment