Somaliland en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Somali + -land; analogous with Jubaland and Puntland.
Meanings
- An ethnically Somali geographic region of East Africa comprising Somalia, Djibouti, and parts of Ethiopia.
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A geographic region and de facto independent unrecognized state in East Africa, internationally recognized as part of Somalia; formerly the Somali Coast Protectorate. Official name: Republic of Somaliland.
Holonym: Somalia (construed as holonymous by almost all sovereign states)
A group of religious leaders in Somaliland is behind an attempt to replace a progressive sexual offences law passed in 2018 with a revised version that protects rapists rather than survivors and allows child marriage.
2022 August 19, Yousef Timacade, “Religious backlash threatens Somaliland’s progressive rape law”, in openDemocracy, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2022:
Deriveds
French Somaliland · British Somaliland · Italian Somaliland · Somalilander
Translations (48)
hi सोमालीलैंड (unrecognized state) · ca Somalilàndia (unrecognized state) · es Somalilandia (unrecognized state) · fy Somalilân (unrecognized state) · ru Сомалиле́нд (region) · ja ソマリランド (unrecognized state) · hy Սոմալիլենդ (unrecognized state) · so Somaliland (unrecognized state) · bn সোমালিস্তান (unrecognized state) · ka სომალილენდი (region) · uk Сомаліле́нд (unrecognized state) · cmn 索馬里蘭 /索马里兰 (region) · de Somaliland (unrecognized state) · tr Somaliland (unrecognized state) · nl Somaliland (region) · ka სომალილენდი (unrecognized state) · so Soomaaliland (region) · ru Сомалиле́нд (unrecognized state) · fr Somaliland (unrecognized state) · pt Somaliland (unrecognized state) · am ሶማሊያላይን (unrecognized state) · ko 소말릴란드 (unrecognized state) · fy Somalylân (unrecognized state) · so Soomaaliland (unrecognized state) · uk Сомаліле́нд (region) · pt Somalilândia (region) · bn সোমালিল্যান্ড (unrecognized state) · el Σομαλιλάνδη (region) · ar أَرْض اَلصُّومَال (region) · nl Somaliland (unrecognized state) · ar أَرْض اَلصُّومَال (unrecognized state) · so Somaliland (region) · ro Somaliland (unrecognized state) · nb Somaliland (region) · es Somalilandia (region) · bn সোমালিস্তান (region) · fr Somaliland (region) · hi सोमालीलैंड (region) · fi Somalimaa (unrecognized state) · fi Somalimaa (region) · da Somaliland (unrecognized state) · ar صُومَالِيلَانْد (unrecognized state) · cmn 索馬里蘭 /索马里兰 (unrecognized state) · pt Somalilândia (unrecognized state) · ga Críoch Shomáile (region) · he סומלילנד (unrecognized state) · oc Somalilandia (unrecognized state) · nb Somaliland (unrecognized state)