The '''Swahili Coast''' are the East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the [[Horn of Africa]] and the Zambezi River. The name ''swahili'' comes from the Arabic language meaning "shores".
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The '''Swahili Coast''' are the East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the [[Horn of Africa]] and the Zambezi River. The name ''swahili'' comes from the Arabic language meaning "shores".<ref>The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al., 2005.</ref>
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==References==
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The Earth and Its Peoples A Global History, Bulliet et al., 2005.