[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.15943 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15943 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.15943 - **Language:** English ### [c10.15943](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15943) 1298.—“Zanghibar is a great and noble Island, with a compass of some 2000 miles. The people . . . are all black, and go stark naked, with only a little covering for decency. Their hair is as black as pepper, and so frizzly that even with water you can scarcely straighten it,” &c., &c.—\*Marco Polo\*, ii. 215. Marco Polo regards the coast of Zanzibar as belonging to a great island like Madagascar. - [Previous: c10.15942](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15942) - [Next: c10.15944](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15944) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15943](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.15943) · Pramāṇa