Danakil

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• Danakil, dan′a-kil, n. the name given to the numerous nomad and fisher tribes on the coast of North-east Africa.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) |Various

• "East African; Danakil, or Somali, or something like that," he commented.

  Murder in the Gunroom |Henry Beam Piper

• Salt, obtained from the salt lakes in the Aussa and Danakil countries, is a valuable article of commerce.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 |Various

• The Danakil word for rain, rob, is as nearly related to libo (water).

  In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria |Henry Morton Stanley