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Somalia

Somalia

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A country in eastern Africa with a long Indian Ocean coast
  • proper noun
  • /səˈmɑːliə/
: Somalia
  • Yet the decisions to intervene in the Persian Gulf and in Somalia required U.S. leadership.
  • U.N. peacekeepers in Somalia
  • famine in Somalia
  • conflict in Somalia

If I was playing for Somalia, yeah, I'll take the World Cup.

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Examples

  • We're not leaving Somalia till we find him.

  • More than 30,000 US troops went to Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope during 1992-3.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The first that comes to mind is U.S. intervention in Somalia in December 1992.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The current U.S. military intervention in Somalia is a good example of humanitarian intervention.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Most African countries, with the exception of Somalia, contain many ethnic groups speaking different languages.

    Academic text (1991)
  • And all the while, the humanitarian crisis in Somalia continues to deepen.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Frank Hawkes was a prisoner of war in Somalia.

  • U.N. workers fled the fighting in Somalia when President Siad Barre fell in January 1991.

    Academic text (1993)
  • As was discovered in Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia, "peacekeeping" sometimes is a form of war.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The NGO provides assistance and support to communities in Somalia affected by drought.

Surface Forms

Somalia main

Etymology

Somalia comes from the name of the Somali people, with the ending -ia meaning 'land of'. One popular story says Somali comes from the local phrase soo maal meaning 'go and milk', so a helpful way to remember Somalia is as the 'land of the Somali', a people long known for herding animals.