It is south of Mombasa Island and made up of mostly swahili and non-Swahili Bantu tribes.

Is Mombasa a Swahili?

The Swahili community of modern Mombasa is composed of an amalgam of the descendants of the citys early Shirazi settlers and more recent immigrant Swahili groups, most of which migrated south to Mombasa Island during or after the sixteenth century. After the Shirazi polity was destroyed by.

Where does the name Mombasa come from?

Brief History of the Town of Mombasa. Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya. Located on Kenyas Eastern coastline bordering the Indian Ocean, its original Arabic name is Manbasa. In Kiswahili, it is called Kisiwa Cha Mvita, which means Island of War due to the many changes in its ownership.

What does the name Mombasa mean?

I. M. Ahmed. The name Mombasa is derived from the Arabic word ” مُّنبَثًّا”, (the word appears in the Quran, in Surah Al Waqiah, chapter 56, verse 6) written as “Manbasa” pronounced as “Mambasa”. Since “n” is a form of a special vowel in this case. The word means scattered or dispersed.

In which African country is Mombasa found?

Kenya Mombasa, city and chief port of Kenya, situated on a coralline island in a bay of the Indian Ocean.