Talk:Zanzibar

Wider application in the past?

Yule and Burnell's Hobson-Jobson dictionary says:

This name was originally general, and applied widely to the East African coast, at least south of the River Jubb, and as far as the Arab traffic extended. But it was also specifically applied to the island on which the Sultan of Zanzibar now lives (and to which we now generally restrict the name); and this was the case at least since the 15th century, as we see from the Roteiro.

Equinox ◑ 01:28, 14 November 2021 (UTC)