Djibouti

English

Etymology

Unknown. The country of Djibouti was named after its capital city. Multiple theories exist as to the origin of the lemma, including derivation from Afar gabouti (“plate”) or gabood (“plateau”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɪˈbuːtiː/
• Rhymes: -uːti

Proper noun

Djibouti

2. Country in Eastern Africa, official name: Republic of Djibouti.

   Hypernym: Subsahara

4. The capital city of Djibouti.

Derived terms

• Djiboutian

Translations

Republic of Djibouti

• Afar: Gabuuti
• Amharic: ጅቡቲ (ǧəbuti)
• Arabic: جِيبُوتِيّ‎ m (jībūtiyy)
• Armenian: Ջիբութի (J̌ibutʿi)
• Belarusian: Джыбуці́ f (Džybucí)
• Bengali: জিবুতি (jibuti)
• Breton: Djibouti
• Bulgarian: Джибути (Džibuti)
• Burmese: ဂျီဘူတီ (gyibhuti)
• Catalan: Djibouti (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉布提 (zh) (Jíbùtí)

• Czech: Džibutsko (cs) n
• Danish: Djibouti
• Dutch: Djibouti (nl)
• Esperanto: Ĝibutio (eo)
• Estonian: Djibouti (et)
• Faroese: Djibuti n
• Finnish: Djibouti (fi)
• French: Djibouti (fr)
• Galician: Xibutí (gl)
• Georgian: ჯიბუტი (ǯibuṭi)
• German: Dschibuti (de)
• Greek: Τζιμπουτί (el) n (Tzimpoutí)
• Hausa: Jibuti
• Hebrew: ג׳יבוטי‎ (jibut'i)
• Hindi: जिबूती (hi) (jibūtī)
• Hungarian: Dzsibuti (hu)
• Icelandic: Djíbútí (is) n
• Interlingua: Djibuti
• Irish: Djibouti
• Italian: Gibuti (it)
• Japanese: ジブチ (ja) (Jibuchi)
• Kalenjin: Jibuti
• Kamba: Jibuti
• Kazakh: Джибути (Djïbwtï)
• Khmer: ជីប៊ូទី (km) (ciibuutii)
• Kikuyu: Jibuti

• Korean: 지부티 (Jibuti)
• Kyrgyz: Жибути (Cibuti)
• Latvian: Džibutija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Džibutis (lt) m
• Luhya: Jibuti
• Luo: Jibuti
• Macedonian: Џибу́ти (mk) n (Džibúti)
• Maltese: Dġibuti, Ġibuti
• Maori: Tipūti
• Meru: Jibuti
• Navajo: Jibótii
• Norman: Djibouti
• Norwegian: Djibouti (no)
• Pashto: ګبوټي‎ f (gabûṭi)
• Persian: جیبوتی‎ (jibuti)
• Polish: Dżibuti (pl)
• Portuguese: Jibuti (pt) m (Portugal), Djibuti (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: Djibouti (ro)
• Russian: Джибути́ (ru) f (Džibutí)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Џибу̏ти m

  Roman: Džibȕti (sh) m

• Sinhalese: ජිබුටි (jibuṭi)
• Slovak: Džibutsko n
• Somali: Jabuuti
• Spanish: Yibuti (es)
• Swahili: Djibouti (sw), Jibuti (sw)
• Swedish: Djibouti (sv)
• Tagalog: Yibuti
• Tamil: ஜிபூட்டி (jipūṭṭi)
• Tatar: Җибути (Cibuti)
• Thai: จิบูตี (th) (jì-buu-dtii)
• Tigrinya: ጂቡቲ (ǧibuti)
• Turkish: Cibuti (tr)
• Ukrainian: Джибуті́ (uk) f (Džybutí)
• Urdu: جبوتی‎ (jibūtī)
• Vietnamese: Gi-bu-ti
• Yoruba: Díbọ́ótì

the capital city of Djibouti

• Afar: Gabuuti
• Czech: Džibuti n
• Esperanto: Ĝibuto
• Estonian: Djibouti (et)

• Finnish: Djibouti (fi)
• Latin: Dzibutum
• Somali: Jabuuti

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries) [edit]}

Further reading

• Djibouti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Catalan

Proper noun

Djibouti m

1. Djibouti

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Finnish

Proper noun

Djibouti

1. Djibouti

Declension

Inflection of Djibouti (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Djibouti	—
genitive		Djiboutin	—
partitive		Djiboutia	—
illative		Djiboutiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Djibouti	—
accusative	nom.	Djibouti	—
	gen.	Djiboutin
genitive		Djiboutin	—
partitive		Djiboutia	—
inessive		Djiboutissa	—
elative		Djiboutista	—
illative		Djiboutiin	—
adessive		Djiboutilla	—
ablative		Djiboutilta	—
allative		Djiboutille	—
essive		Djiboutina	—
translative		Djiboutiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Djiboutitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Djibouti (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Djiboutini	Djiboutimme
2nd person	Djiboutisi	Djiboutinne
3rd person	Djiboutinsa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒi.bu.ti/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Djibouti ?

1. Djibouti

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Djibouti

1. Djibouti

Related terms

• djiboutier
• djiboutisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Djibouti

1. Djibouti

Related terms

• djiboutiar
• djiboutisk

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Swahili

Alternative forms

• Jibuti

Proper noun

Djibouti

1. Djibouti

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Swedish

Proper noun

Djibouti n (genitive Djiboutis)

1. Djibouti