Zanj
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Elementary
1
A certain portion of the coast of East Africa.
Borrowed from Arabic زَنْج (zanj, “The East African coastlands”), from Persian زنگ (zang, “East Africa”) or its Middle Persian etymon; see the Persian entry for more.
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