Mogadishu (English spelling)

Japanese: モガディシュ（英語表記）Mogadishu

A port city on the Indian Ocean. The capital of Somalia. Also known as Mogadishu.
It grew from trade with the Indian Ocean from around the 10th century, and many Arabs arrived. In the first half of the 15th century, a detachment of Zheng He's expedition to the South Seas called at the port, and in 1498 Vasco da Gama also stopped there on his return journey. In the 1870s, it was occupied by the Sultan of Zanzibar, but in 1905 it became the capital of an Italian colony (Italian Somaliland). During World War II, it was occupied by the British, and when Somalia gained independence in 1960, it became the capital. It was also the site of the Somali Civil War that intensified in 1992.

Source: Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:

インド洋に臨む海港都市。ソマリアの首都。別名モガディシオ
10世紀ごろからインド洋交易で成長し，アラブ人が多数来航した。15世紀前半には鄭和の南海遠征の分遣隊が寄港し，1498年にはヴァスコ＝ダ＝ガマも帰路立ち寄った。1870年代にザンジバルのスルタンが占領したが，1905年イタリアの植民地（イタリア領ソマリランド）の主都となり，第二次世界大戦中イギリスが占領，60年のソマリア独立で，首都になった。1992年に激化したソマリア内戦の舞台にもなった。

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