Mogadiscium

Latin

Etymology

Latinized from Italian Mogadiscio, in turn from Somali Muqdisho, itself from Arabic مَقْدِيشُو (maqdīšū, “seat of the Shah”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mo.ɡaˈdiːs.ki.um/, [mɔɡäˈd̪iːs̠kiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.ɡaˈdiʃ.ʃi.um/, [moɡäˈd̪iʃːium]

Proper noun

Mogadīscium n sg (genitive Mogadīsciī or Mogadīscī); second declension

1. Mogadiscio (the capital city of Somalia)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mogadīscium
Genitive	Mogadīsciī Mogadīscī1
Dative	Mogadīsciō
Accusative	Mogadīscium
Ablative	Mogadīsciō
Vocative	Mogadīscium
Locative	Mogadīsciī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).