Name
The inhabitants of Abu Musa (or Bumusa) call it "Gap-sabzu" (Persian: گپسبزو), which in Persian means "the great green place." On old maps, the island is called:
- "Boum-Ouw" (Persian: بوماوو) or "Boum-Ouf" (Persian: بوماوف) which in Persian means "Waterland".
- "Boum-Souz" (Persian: بومسوز) or "Boum-Sou"/"Boum-Souw" (Persian: بومسو) or "Gap-Sabzou" (Persian: گپسبزو) which in Persian means "Green Land".
But in recent century it is also called Bum Musa, Persian for "the land of Musa/Moses" instead of "Boum-Sou".
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