Ogaden

American  

[oh-gah-deyn] / oʊˈgɑ deɪn /

noun

1. an arid region in SE Ethiopia.

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Ogaden British  

/ ˌɒɡəˈdɛn /

noun

1. a region of SE Ethiopia, bordering on Somalia: consists of a desert plateau, inhabited by Somali nomads; a secessionist movement, supported by Somalia, has existed within the region since the early 1960s and led to bitter fighting between Ethiopia and Somalia (1977–78)

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Example Sentences

Ethiopia fought a war with Somalia in 1977 over the disputed region of the Ogaden.

From BBC

The effect of the cyclone could also be to let the swarms to move south east to Ogaden region and lay eggs there too, the FAO said.

From Reuters

Last year, Poly-GCL conducted the first ever crude oil extraction tests in the Ogaden Basin.

From The Guardian

But oil and gas exploration has a long and troubled history in the Ogaden.

From The Guardian

When the former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie first embarked on oil exploration in the Ogaden in 1945, mass demonstrations forced him to suspend the project.

From The Guardian