Erigavo, also spelled as Erigabo, is the capital and largest city of the Sanaag region of Somaliland. The name Ceerigaabo is made up of two parts: Ceeri which describes a place water collects, and gaabo, meaning short or low. Ceeri can also be an abbreviation of ceeriyaan, the Somali word for mist/fog. The name Ceerigaabo may refer to low-hanging mist covering the city.