Somaliland
a coastal region in E Africa, including Djibouti, Somalia, and the Ogaden part of Ethiopia.
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How to use Somaliland in a sentence
Last week, a delegation from Somaliland went on a five-day tour of Taiwan, a trip that elicited a negative reaction from China.
“We were born free and we will stay free”: Somaliland is resisting pressure from China | Carlos Mureithi | February 16, 2022 | QuartzAs an 11-year-old growing up in Somaliland, then a British protectorate, Edna Adan Ismail had a powerful dream.
He was a young British army officer who was mauled by a lioness several months ago in Somaliland.
In Africa | John T. McCutcheonThis is the way the thing happened: Last March he was shooting in Somaliland and ran across a lioness.
In Africa | John T. McCutcheonIn Abyssinia and Somaliland, among the native population, the most primitive methods of coffee making still obtain.
All About Coffee | William H. Ukers
Further north a large slice has been carved out of Somaliland, facing on the Gulf of Aden.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century | Charles MorrisThe ships of the expedition are drawn up along the shores of Punt (in Somaliland), and incense trees are being carried on board.
The Romance of Plant Life | G. F. Scott Elliot
British Dictionary definitions for Somaliland
/ (səʊˈmɑːlɪˌlænd) /
a former region of E Africa, between the equator and the Gulf of Aden: includes Somalia, Djibouti, and SE Ethiopia
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