Somalia

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Somalia

  • /səˈmɑːli.ə/ UK
  • /səˈmɑli.ə/ US
  • /səˈmɐːli.ə/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /səˈmale.ə/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɑːliə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Somali Soomaaliya, equivalent to Somali + -ia.

proper noun

  1. A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu. Somaliland seceded from Somalia 31 years ago and functions as an independent state with its own government but is still considered internationally as part of Somalia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: somali republic, somaliland, swaziland, kenya, somalian, sudan, malagasy, mogadishu, somali, country, faction, countries, tpg, unosom, banadir, jubaland

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name country in the Horn of Africa

EspañolSomalia
한국어소말리아 Somallia
日本語ソマリア Somaria
中文索馬里 /索马里 Suǒmǎlǐ
हिन्दीसोमालिया somāliyā, सुमाली sumālī
KiswahiliSomalia, Usomali
PortuguêsSomália
FrançaisSomalie
DeutschSomalia
ItalianoSomalia
ΕλληνικάΣομαλία Somalía
RomânăSomalia
РусскийСомали́ Somalí
Tiếng ViệtXô-ma-li
العربيةاَلصُّومَال aṣ-ṣomāl
עבריתסוֹמַלְיָה somalya

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"Somalia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/somalia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Somalia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/somalia

Chicago

"Somalia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/somalia.

BibTeX
@misc{somalia_2026,
  title = {Somalia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/somalia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}