Bishia
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bishia
- A locality in western Eritrea.
- 1941 August, Charles E. Lee, “Railways of Italian East Africa—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 340:
- By January 26 our Forces had occupied Biscia, the extreme western railhead of the Eritrea Railway, which runs from that town 140 miles to Asmara, and thence to Massaua.
Usage notes
[edit]An older spelling seems to be Biscia, which may have been used during Italian rule; see quotation.
References
[edit]Biscia (Eritrea) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it