Message: "Re: Asmara" - Behind the Name

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Re: Asmara

by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

7/27/2006, 8:28 PM

In case you don't know:

According to African Placenames by Adrian Room, Asmara is derived from a word that meant "flowering wood" in the Tigrinya language.

- Aine (poetic_freedom)

7/27/2006, 9:20 PM

Thank you! I didn't know that :)

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