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Somalia definition

So·ma·lia (sō mä′lē ə, sə-; -mäl′yə)

country of E Africa, on the Indian Ocean & the Gulf of Aden: formed by the merger of British Somaliland & Italian Somaliland (1960): 246,201 sq mi (637,658 sq km); pop. 9,200,000; cap. Mogadishu

Related Forms:

  • Somalian So·ma′·lian adjective, noun

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