Sokotra
Britishnoun
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Sokotra without Mount Haghier would be like a body without a soul.
From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore
Its islands are few and insignificant, the chief being Sokotra, off the African, and the Laccadives, off the Indian coast.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
We did not see any very large trees, such as we did in Sokotra.
From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore
This tree, in Sokoteri kamhàn, the Dendrosicyos Socotrana of the botanist, is like the language of the Bedouin, found only on Sokotra, and is seldom more than 10 or 12 feet in height.
From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore
Sokotra, like Arabia, has gone through its several stages of Pagan, Christian, and Mohammedan beliefs.
From Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore
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