Where does the name SOMALIA come from?

[Qodax Qorax]

From the Italians.

 

 

Thats how the Italians called the South till 1960.

 

La Somalia Italiana

 

Somalia Italiana

[Somalina]

[Che -Guevara]

^Don't mind him-the kid is confused.

[Qodax Qorax]

Why dont you present any facts? tell us where the name of the country comes from?

 

Do you deny that Italians gave the name?

[Che -Guevara]

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[Qodax Qorax]

An Al Shabaab supporter calling others confused.

 

Hilarious.

[Che -Guevara]

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[ November 28, 2010, 04:34 PM: Message edited by: Admin ]

[Qodax Qorax]

check this clib. Even the last democratic elected Prime minister of Somalia(AUN ina Egal) says the name name Somalia is from Italia.

 

[Qodax Qorax]

even the last Italian workers in pre civil war era re-affirm this particular fact.

 

[FatB]

lools che miskiin mods dont like you....

[Ismalura]

Moderters awal beey dhaheen waa are not neutral :confused:

 

 

I was told Somali is from the two words soo maal....as in go milk. I am not sure if it is true but I choose to believe it. I mean why not? Everyone makes their own truths....

[Qodax Qorax]

abaayo, I am not talking about Somali, but the country called Somalia. Why didnt they name it, Somalistan, Somalistate or Somaliland.

 

They choose Somalia above Somaliland, because the Italians used to call the South, Italiana Somalia.

[Aaliyyah]

^ actually back in the days every region in Somalia was called somaliland but with the addition of who was colonizing it at the time. (ie British Somaliland, Italan Somaliland, French Somaliland)...As for the word Somalia? cant say who named it no clue. But, as ismalura said it has a lot to say about the way somalis lived (ie nomadic ppl who valued milk) so i doubt the italians named our country Somalia. We were always somalis but nomadic so maybe if we never even had a name for our country and they said hey u somalis call ur country Somalia lool still doesnt mean they named us i mean we already considered ourselves somalis...they just took the initives to name our country if they did that is doubtful though...

 

Moderters awal beey dhaheen waa are not neutral [Confused]

lol Ismalura, no one is ever neutral. Everyone comes with their own opinion about things. So like where do you draw the line of whats wrong or right??...its always gonna be subjective.

 

salaam

[Ismalura]

Oh ok. So the argument is not on the soo maal part. Markaas I have no idea what this other names are but the Italia thing makes sense.

 

@ Aaliyah I know no one is neutral in their views but when it comes moderating one could be unless some one breaks a rule. However, it says in the rules that "moderators are not neutral and have their own views" and even though I find that kinda strange I am ok with it. At least they say it up front.

[Qodax Qorax]

Originally posted by Aaliyyah:

^ actually back in the days every region in Somalia was called somaliland but with the addition of who was colonizing it at the time. (ie British Somaliland, Italan Somaliland, French Somaliland)...As for the word Somalia? cant say who named it no clue.

The Italian called the South region Somalia Italiana , the British called in Italian Somaliland.