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Berbera
Berbera (ˈbɜːbərə) n (Placename) a port in N Somalia, (in the separatist area called Somaliland), on the Gulf of Aden. Pop: about 200 000 (2000 est)Ber•be•ra (ˈbɜr bər ə) n. a seaport in Somalia on the Gulf of Aden: former capital of British Somaliland. 65,000. Berbera
Berbera (bûr`bərə), city (1985 est. pop. 67,000), Somaliland region, N Somalia, a port on the Gulf of Aden. The city, which was first described in the 13th cent. by Arab geographers, was taken in 1875 by the rulers of Egypt; when they withdrew in 1884 to fight the MahdiMahdi [Arab.,=he who is divinely guided], in Sunni Islam, the restorer of the faith. He will appear at the end of time to restore justice on earth and establish universal Islam. The Mahdi will be preceded by al-Dajjal, a Muslim antichrist, who will be slain by Jesus. ..... Click the link for more information. in Sudan, Britain took Berbera. It served until 1941 as the winter capital of British Somaliland was the site of a Soviet naval and missile base in the 1970s.Berbera a port in N Somalia, on the Gulf of Aden. Pop.: 70 000 (1990 est.) |