Etymology

Benishangul

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Today it means: An ethnic group inhabiting parts of western Ethiopia and Sudan. Full definition →

Arabic بني شنقول ← wti bela Shangul
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The story

  1. wti · derived frombela Shangul“rock of Shangul”
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromبني شنقول
  3. English todayBenishangul

Borrowed from Arabic بني شنقول, derived from Berta bela Shangul (“rock of Shangul”), in reference to a sacred stone located in Menge, Ethiopia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.