Talk:Semliki River

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Is this the same as Semuliki River? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.167.145 (talk) 20:12, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Finetooth (talk) 22:29, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Origin of the name Semliki

Someone once told me that 'Semliki' means 'I don't know' in a local language. He thought that the river had been named by some European explorer who had asked a local what it was called, was answered 'Semliki' and just wrote that down. Does anyone know if this its true? ChrisBaker (talk) 17:29, 4 November 2015 (UTC)

Close to true... I lived in Bundibugyo in 1993 and Rwebisengo in 1994-1995 - both along the Semliki River. Locals told me that the river was named that because an explorer had asked locals about the name of the river valley below him as seen from the foothills of the Rwenzoris. It's really quite a stunning view. The locals didn't quite understand what the explorer was asking - they thought he was asking what was out there in the valley. Because the area was so remote before they built roads and sparsely populated - mostly by cattle herders who moved around the area quite a bit, farmers in the foothills, and some pygmy tribes (still there today) who were considered by locals to be animals and not human - they told him "Semliki" which means "there is nothing" in the local language/dialect. 184.100.10.3 (talk) 02:52, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

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