Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.502
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.502
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1726.—"It is called by some Portugues Orrakan, by others among them Arrakaon and by some again Rakan (after its capital and also Mog (Mugg))."—*Valentijn*, v. 140.