Wāḳwāḳ

Not to be confused with Wakwak.

Wāḳwāḳ (Wāḳ Wāḳ, Wāḳ al-Wāḳ , al-Wāḳwāḳ) is the name of an island, or possibly more than one island, in medieval Islamic geographical and imaginative literature.[1]

Wāḳwāḳ is referred to in a number of sources, it is generally an island far away.

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References

  1. ↑ G. R. Tibbetts; Shawkat M. Toorawa; G. Ferrand; G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville (22 August 2013). "Wāḳwāḳ". In P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Encyclopaedia of Islam (Second ed.). Brill Online.

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