Somali
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- noun
- /səˈmɑːli/
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somalí
- In early 2005, The Nile, a restaurant in Portland serving Somali and Middle Eastern food, was started by a Somali.
- ethnic Somali
And then you have the Somalis and then you have the the Libyans and then you've got Hambali down in Indonesia or Malaysia or wherever it was that he was.
- And then you have the Somalis and then you have the the Libyans and then you've got Hambali down in Indonesia or Malaysia or wherever it was that he was.
Examples
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The young Somali glanced up from his work.
Fiction book (1996) -
Mary Jo Arnoldi began working with Hassan Gure, a Somali, who secured the participation of several knowledgeable women from the Washington-based Somali community.
Academic text (2001) -
The Somali was careful to smile with his mouth closed.
Fiction book (1996) -
Each car held up to sixteen passengers, and the Somali chose one near the middle.
Fiction book (1996) -
Everywhere the young Somali looked, he saw excess and idolatry.
Fiction book (1996) -
Last winter, a Minneapolis-based newspaper declared St. Cloud to be "the worst place in Minnesota to be Somali."
Academic text (2017) -
He's a Somali, and his wife, Ayesha Al-Hady, formerly Susan Helen Danford, British national.
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She is proud to be a Somali and shares her culture with others.
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The community center hosted a celebration for Somali heritage last weekend.
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As a Somali, he felt a deep connection to his homeland and its traditions.
Synonyms
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A person born in Somalia or whose family comes from Somalia
Compounds
A large peninsula in northeast Africa called the Horn of Africa, including Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia
Surface Forms
Etymology
Somali as a noun comes from the people’s own name, Soomaali, which may come from the ancestral name Samaale or the folk phrase made of soo 'come' and maal 'milk'. So a Somali is a member of that people who come from Somalia and share its language and traditions.