"somalia" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

domain member region: aiai, al itihaad al islamiya, al-itihaad al-islamiya, islamic unity - a fundamentalist Islamic group in Somalia who initially did fundraising for al-Qaeda; responsible for ambushing United States Army Rangers and for terrorist bombings in Ethiopia; believed to have branches in several countries

is an instance of: african country, african nation - any one of the countries occupying the African continent

member holonym: somali, somalian - a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia

belongs to: arab league - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation
has:
- capital of somalia, mogadiscio, mogadishu - the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
- hargeisa - a city in northwestern Somalia
is a part of:
- horn of africa, somali peninsula - a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia
- africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean