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Perim
Perim ((アラビア語:بريم) ()), also called Mayyun in Arabic, is a volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the southwest coast of Yemen and belonging to Yemen. The island of Perim divides the strait of Mandeb into two channels.
The island was occupied by Great Britain from 1857 to 1967.
==Etymology==
Perim is called the island of Diodorus (''Diodori insula'') by Pliny the Elder〔http://www.trismegistos.org/geo/authors_georef_list.php?tm=3616〕 and by the author of the ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea''.〔Captain, F. M. Hunter, ''An Account of the British Settlement of Aden in Arabia'', London, 1877, p. 191.〕 ''Perim'' possibly derives from the Arab term ''Barim'' (chain) associated with the history of the Straits and one of its Arab names, the other Arab name being Mayyun. The Portuguese called it Majun or Meho (from Mayyun), although Albuquerque had solemnly named the island ''Vera Cruz'' in 1513. On many British and French maps of the 17th and 18th century the island is called ''Babelmandel'', as the Straits are. Some early 19th century navigation guides still call it the island of Bab-el-Mandeb although they may mention that it is also called Perim.〔''India Directory, or Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies,''(), London 1836.〕 By the time the British permanently occupied the island in 1857, the name ''Perim'' had come into general usage.
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