Ceel
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:45 pm
Question; Does anyone know Why do many settlements around central Somalia, particularly M/Shabelle and Galgaduud, have towns named Ceelmacaan, Ceel baraf, Ceeldheer, Ceelqooxle, Ceelbuur etc?
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Re: Ceel
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:04 pm
settlement was found on those ceel's, u can't live in a place with no water
Re: Ceel
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:08 pm
Ceel Baraf 
Is there ice or snow there?
Salaam
p.s. I don't know really. But Shirib's answer seems plausible.
Is there ice or snow there? Salaam
p.s. I don't know really. But Shirib's answer seems plausible.
Re: Ceel
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:36 pm
Middle shabelle is in southern somalia not the central.
Re: Ceel
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:05 pm
Ceel means a water well and those towns were built around water wells. We have ceelgaduud, ceel cadde, ceelwaaq etc. in Gedo. There is also ceel macaan in Shabelle.......Water Wells are very important to Nomads so they name wells something appropriate and in time, the land surrounding the wells becomes a village, then a town and eventually a city.
Re: Ceel
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:16 am
I don't think there is a huge advtanage to having water wells near your residence. Nomads fight over water wells a lot.
Re: Ceel
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:49 pm
abakar20 wrote:I don't think there is a huge advtanage to having water wells near your residence. Nomads fight over water wells a lot.
How are u supposed to survive with out a water well? U need a water well or u die, the reason they fight over those water wells is cause they are so important
Re: Ceel
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 4:14 pm
Shirib wrote:abakar20 wrote:I don't think there is a huge advtanage to having water wells near your residence. Nomads fight over water wells a lot.
How are u supposed to survive with out a water well? U need a water well or u die, the reason they fight over those water wells is cause they are so important
Lamagoodle's dheh
