Somaliland

[ soh-mah-lee-land, suh- ]

noun
  1. 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

  • As 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. McCutcheon
  • This is the way the thing happened: Last March he was shooting in Somaliland and ran across a lioness.

    In Africa | John T. McCutcheon
  • In 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.

  • The 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

Somaliland

/ (səʊˈmɑːlɪˌlænd) /


noun
  1. a former region of E Africa, between the equator and the Gulf of Aden: includes Somalia, Djibouti, and SE Ethiopia

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