English words from Somali
- bayA body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
- SomaliaA country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu.
- SomaliAn ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis.
- bariA baritone saxophone
- mindyKnife.
- issaA member of a Somali clan, mainly residing in Djibouti; it is the larger of the two dominant ethnic groups.
- jubaAn American dance of West African origin that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks.
- wasswanton disposition, unorderly state of mind or behaviour
- askarA native infantryman in the Moroccan army.
- harounThe leading figures of the Daraawiish (i.e. commanders, governors, representatives, judges etc.) considered collectively.
- OgadenA region in eastern Ethiopia.
- IsseA surname from Somali.
- AwdalA region of Somalia.
- BakoolA region of Somalia.
- BanaadirA region of Somalia.
- Dervish stateThe colonial-era Taleh-based state established by the xarunta (haroun) that existed between 1895 C.E. and 1920 C.E. geographically coextensive with modern-day Waqooyi Bari; the successor state to the treatyless Dhulbahante garadate.
- dhaantoA style of traditional music and a folk dance of the Somali people.
- dibatagA medium-sized slender antelope endemic to Ethiopia and Somalia, Ammodorcas clarkei.
- GalguduudA region of Somalia.
- GalmudugA state of Somalia.
- gerenukA type of long-necked gazelle, Litocranius walleri, native to central and eastern Africa.
- HawiyeA member of a large clan of Somalia, traditionally inhabiting central and southern Somalia, Ogaden and the North Eastern Province.
- HersiA surname from Somali.
- jubbaA river in Ethiopia and Somalia.
- LaascaanoodA town, the administrative center of Sool, Waqooyi Bari, Somalia.
- madowheroin.
- muufoA kind of Somali flatbread.
- niikoA folk dance from southern Somalia similar to twerking, generally performed by women.
- Ras HafunA promontory in Bari, Puntland, Somalia.
- Republic of SomalilandThe official name of Somaliland.
- sambuusaA Somali snack similar to a samosa.
- Somali-Relating to Somalia, the Somali peninsula, or the Somali people, language, or culture.
- XamarMogadishu (the capital city of Somalia).