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  • Location: Eritrea
An island and port whose name, according to popular etymology, comes from the Ethiopic mĕsŭwā′ 'loud call' or 'shout'. There are two competing legends: in the first, a fisherman is said to have claimed that a man shouting loudly, could make himself heard from one end of the island to the other (it is about 1 000 yards (1 km) long); in the other, traders on the mainland had to shout loudly for boats from the island to come and fetch them.

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