Somalia

See also: Somália, Sómalía, and Somàlia

English

Somalia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈmɑːliə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːliə

Proper noun

Somalia

2. A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital: Mogadishu.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Hyponyms

• Jubaland
• Puntland

Coordinate terms

• Countries of the world

Derived terms

• Somalian

Related terms

• Somali
• Somaliland

Descendants

• → Japanese: ソマリア (Somaria)

Translations

country in the Horn of Africa

• Afrikaans: Somalië
• Albanian: Somalia (sq) f
• Amharic: ሶማሊ (somali), ሶማሊያ (somaliya)
• Arabic: اَلصُّومَال (ar) f (aṣ-ṣomāl)

  Hijazi Arabic: الصّومال f (aṣ-ṣōmāl)

• Armenian: Սոմալի (Somali)
• Asturian: Somalia (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: Somali (az)
• Belarusian: Самалі́ f (Samalí)
• Bengali: সোমালিয়া (bn) (śōmaliẏa)
• Breton: Somalia
• Bulgarian: Сома́лия f (Somálija)
• Burmese: ဆိုမာလီယာ (hcuimaliya)
• Catalan: Somàlia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 索馬里 / 索马里 (zh) (Suǒmǎlǐ)

• Czech: Somálsko (cs) n
• Danish: Somalia (da)
• Dhivehi: ސޯމާލިއާ (sōmāliā)
• Dinka: Thomalia
• Dutch: Somalië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Somalio, Somalujo
• Estonian: Somaalia (et)
• Finnish: Somalia (fi)
• French: Somalie (fr) f
• Galician: Somalia (gl)
• Georgian: სომალი (ka) (somali)
• German: Somalia (de) n
• Greek: Σομαλία (el) f (Somalía)
• Gujarati: સોમાલિયા (somāliyā)
• Hausa: Somaliya
• Hebrew: סוֹמַלְיָה (he) (somalya)
• Hindi: सोमालिया (hi) m (somāliyā), सुमाली (hi) m (sumālī)
• Hungarian: Szomália (hu)
• Icelandic: Sómalía (is) f
• Ido: Somalia (io)
• Indonesian: Somalia (id)
• Interlingua: Somalia
• Irish: An tSomáil f
• Italian: Somalia (it) f
• Japanese: ソマリア (ja) (Somaria)
• Kalenjin: Somalia
• Kamba: Somalia
• Kannada: ಸೊಮಾಲಿಯ (kn) (somāliya)
• Kazakh: Сомали (kk) (Somali)
• Khmer: សូម៉ាលី (soumaalii)
• Kikuyu: Somalia
• Korean: 소말리아 (ko) (Somallia)
• Kyrgyz: Сомали (Somali)
• Lao: ໂຊມາລີ (sō mā lī)
• Latvian: Somālija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Somalis (lt) m
• Luhya: Somalia
• Luo: Somalia
• Macedonian: Сомалија (mk) f (Somalija)
• Malay: Somalia (ms)
• Maltese: is-Somalja f
• Maori: Hūmārie
• Meru: Somalia
• Mongolian: Сомали (Somali)
• Navajo: Bilį́į́łání Dineʼé Bikéyah
• Norman: Somalie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Somalia (no)

  Nynorsk: Somalia (nn)

• Odia: ସୋମାଲିଆ (somāliā)
• Pashto: سوماليا f (somālyā)
• Persian: سومالی (fa) (sumâli)
• Polish: Somalia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Somália (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਸੋਮਾਲੀਆ (somālīā)
• Romanian: Somalia (ro) f
• Russian: Сомали́ (ru) f (Somalí)
• Samogitian: Suomalis
• Scots: Somalie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сомалија f

  Roman: Somalija (sh) f

• Sinhalese: සෝමාලියාව (sōmāliyāwa)
• Slovak: Somálsko n
• Somali: Soomaaliya
• Spanish: Somalia (es) f
• Swahili: Somalia (sw), Usomali
• Swedish: Somalia (sv) n
• Tagalog: Somalya
• Tajik: Сумолӣ (tg) (Sumoli)
• Tamil: சோமாலியா (ta) (cōmāliyā)
• Tatar: Сомали (Somali)
• Telugu: సొమాలియా (te) (somāliyā)
• Thai: โซมาเลีย (th) (soo-maa-liia)
• Tibetan: སོ་མ་ལི (so ma li)
• Tigrinya: ሶማሊያ (somaliya)
• Turkish: Somali (tr)
• Turkmen: Somali
• Ukrainian: Сомалі́ (uk) f (Somalí)
• Urdu: صومالیہ m (somāliyā)
• Uyghur: سومالى (somali)
• Uzbek: Somali (uz)
• Vietnamese: Xô-ma-li
• Volapük: Somalän (vo)
• Yiddish: סאָמאַליע (somalye)
• Yoruba: Somalia

See also

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Rwanda
• São Tomé and Príncipe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Western Sahara
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Somalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Alaimos

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Somalia

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Somalia

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Danish

Etymology

From Somali Soomaaliya.

Proper noun

Somalia

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Related terms

• somalier
• somalisk

Finnish

Etymology

From Somali Soomaaliya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsomɑliɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞mɑ̝ˌliɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): So‧ma‧li‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): So‧ma‧lia

Proper noun

Somalia

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Somalia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Somalia	—
genitive		Somalian	—
partitive		Somaliaa	—
illative		Somaliaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Somalia	—
accusative	nom.	Somalia	—
	gen.	Somalian
genitive		Somalian	—
partitive		Somaliaa	—
inessive		Somaliassa	—
elative		Somaliasta	—
illative		Somaliaan	—
adessive		Somalialla	—
ablative		Somalialta	—
allative		Somalialle	—
essive		Somaliana	—
translative		Somaliaksi	—
abessive		Somaliatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Somalia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Somaliani — accusative nom. Somaliani — gen. Somaliani genitive Somaliani — partitive Somaliaani — inessive Somaliassani — elative Somaliastani — illative Somaliaani — adessive Somaliallani — ablative Somalialtani — allative Somalialleni — essive Somalianani — translative Somaliakseni — abessive Somaliattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Somaliasi — accusative nom. Somaliasi — gen. Somaliasi genitive Somaliasi — partitive Somaliaasi — inessive Somaliassasi — elative Somaliastasi — illative Somaliaasi — adessive Somaliallasi — ablative Somalialtasi — allative Somaliallesi — essive Somalianasi — translative Somaliaksesi — abessive Somaliattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Somaliamme — accusative nom. Somaliamme — gen. Somaliamme genitive Somaliamme — partitive Somaliaamme — inessive Somaliassamme — elative Somaliastamme — illative Somaliaamme — adessive Somaliallamme — ablative Somalialtamme — allative Somaliallemme — essive Somalianamme — translative Somaliaksemme — abessive Somaliattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Somalianne — accusative nom. Somalianne — gen. Somalianne genitive Somalianne — partitive Somaliaanne — inessive Somaliassanne — elative Somaliastanne — illative Somaliaanne — adessive Somaliallanne — ablative Somalialtanne — allative Somaliallenne — essive Somaliananne — translative Somaliaksenne — abessive Somaliattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Somaliansa — accusative nom. Somaliansa — gen. Somaliansa genitive Somaliansa — partitive Somaliaansa — inessive Somaliassaan Somaliassansa — elative Somaliastaan Somaliastansa — illative Somaliaansa — adessive Somaliallaan Somaliallansa — ablative Somalialtaan Somalialtansa — allative Somalialleen Somaliallensa — essive Somalianaan Somalianansa — translative Somaliakseen Somaliaksensa — abessive Somaliattaan Somaliattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• somalialainen

compounds

• somaliangundi
• somalianstrutsi

Anagrams

• salamoi

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Somalia n (proper noun, genitive Somalias or (optionally with an article) Somalia)

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Derived terms

• Somalia-Schilling
• Somalier
  • Somalierin
• somalisch

See also

countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

• Ägypten
• Algerien
• Angola
• Äquatorialguinea
• Äthiopien
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Demokratische Republik Kongo
• Dschibuti
• Elfenbeinküste
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Gabun
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kamerun
• Kap Verde
• Kenia
• Komoren
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libyen
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Marokko
• Mauretanien
• Mauritius
• Mosambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Republik Kongo
• Ruanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Seychellen
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Südafrika
• Sudan
• Südsudan
• São Tomé und Príncipe
• Tansania
• Togo
• Tschad
• Tunesien
• Uganda
• Zentralafrikanische Republik

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈma.lja/
• Rhymes: -alja
• Hyphenation: So‧mà‧lia

Proper noun

Somalia f

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Derived terms

• somalo

Anagrams

• maliosa, salamoi, saliamo

Latin

Proper noun

Sōmālia f sg (genitive Sōmāliae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sōmālia
genitive	Sōmāliae
dative	Sōmāliae
accusative	Sōmāliam
ablative	Sōmāliā
vocative	Sōmālia

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Somalia

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Related terms

• somalier
• somalisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Somalia

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Related terms

• somaliar
• somalisk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔˈma.lja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: So‧ma‧lia

Proper noun

Somalia f (related adjective somalijski)

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Declension

Declension of Somalia

	singular
nominative	Somalia
genitive	Somalii
dative	Somalii
accusative	Somalię
instrumental	Somalią
locative	Somalii
vocative	Somalio

Derived terms

nouns

• Somalijczyk
• Somalijka

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• Algieria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Czad
• Demokratyczna Republika Konga
• Dżibuti
• Egipt
• Erytrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gwinea
• Gwinea Bissau
• Gwinea Równikowa
• Kamerun
• Kenia
• Komory
• Kongo
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauretania
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Południowa Afryka
• Republika Środkowoafrykańska
• Republika Zielonego Przylądka
• Rwanda
• Sahara Zachodnia
• Senegal
• Seszele
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Południowy
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunezja
• Uganda
• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Somalia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Somalia f

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈmalja/ [soˈma.lja]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alja
• Syllabification: So‧ma‧lia

Proper noun

Somalia f

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Related terms

• somalí

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Somalia

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

See also

countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

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

Swedish

Proper noun

Somalia n (genitive Somalias)

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Derived terms

• somalier
• somalisk
• somaliska

Further reading

• Somalia in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Welsh

Proper noun

Somalia f (not mutable)

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)

Related terms

• Somaliad (“Somali”, noun)
• Somaliaidd (“Somali”, adjective)

See also

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

• Angola
• Algeria
• Benin
• Botswana
• Bwrcina Ffaso
• Bwrwndi
• Cabo Verde
• Camerŵn
• Cenia
• De Affrica
• De Swdan
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gini
• Gini Bisaw
• Gini Gyhydeddol
• Gorllewin Sahara
• Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
• Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
• Gweriniaeth y Congo
• Jibwti
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagasgar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mawrisiws
• Mawritania
• Moroco
• Mosambic
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Sambia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Simbabwe
• Somalia
• Swdan
• São Tomé a Príncipe
• Tansania
• Tiwnisia
• Togo
• Tsiad
• Wganda
• y Comoros
• y Seychelles
• y Traeth Ifori
• yr Aifft

References

• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN

Yoruba

Sòmálíà

Etymology

Borrowed from English Somalia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sò.má.lí.à/

Proper noun

Sòmálíà

1. Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)