horn of africa

1. A peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia (synset 109021524)
   domain region: 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
   is an instance of: peninsula - a large mass of land projecting into a body of water
   has:

   • afars and issas, djibouti, republic of djibouti - a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997
   • eritrea, state of eritrea - an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993
   • abyssinia, ethiopia, federal democratic republic of ethiopia, yaltopya - Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
   • somalia - a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare
   is a part of: 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
   same as: somali peninsula

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