mogadishu is derived from ''the seat of the king'' in old persian
berbera comes from the word berber (arabs thought of somalis as berbers?)
cabuudwaaq means place of worship (waaq just means god in old somali)
bosaso is a bastardization of bandar qasiim aka qasiim's town, some say it was the name of qasiim's favourite camel, he was a yemeni businessman