Meanings
- A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Djibouti.
The US officials added that that the situation has angered Djiboutian government officials, and that the US military in Djibouti has messaged back to Washington “significant concerns” over keeping the detainees there and the possible impact on military relations.
2025 May 22, Haley Britzky, Priscilla Alvarez and Natasha Bertrand, “Deported migrant detainees are holding at a US Naval base in Djibouti amid court fight, officials say”, in CNN - The capital city of Djibouti.
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The French have been having a great deal of trouble at Djibouti with a tribe of the interior, the Issas, who are vehemently opposed to the progress of the railway through their country. Throughout the first half of March, raids were incessant on parties in and about the town itself. A detachment of marines was sent out and restored peace, at all events for the moment. In the meantime fifty Hausas from the Ivory Coast are on their way to form a nucleus of a permanent garrison at Djibouti, and their sergeant is no less a person than Koulery the brother of Behanzin late King of Dahomey.
1899 April 8, “Notes”, in Saturday Review, volume 87, number 2267, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 418, column 1
Origin
- Afargabouti“plate”
- FrenchDjibouti
- EnglishDjibouti
Unknown; the country of Djibouti was named after its capital city, possibly borrowed from French Djibouti. Multiple theories exist as to the origin of the lemma, including derivation from Afar gabouti (“plate”) or gabood (“plateau”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Djiboeti, Djiboeti
- DjiboetiRepublic of Djibouti
- Djiboetithe capital city of Djibouti
Arabic جِيبُوتِيّ
- جِيبُوتِيّ (jībūtiyy)Republic of Djibouti
Bengali জিবুতি
- জিবুতি (jibuti)Republic of Djibouti
Bulgarian Джибути
- Джибути (Džibuti)Republic of Djibouti
Catalan Djibouti
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
Chinese Cantonese 吉布提
- 吉布提 (gat¹ bou³ tai⁴)Republic of Djibouti
Chinese Mandarin 吉布提
- 吉布提 (Jíbùtí)Republic of Djibouti
Czech Džibutsko, Džibuti
- DžibutskoRepublic of Djibouti
- Džibutithe capital city of Djibouti
Danish Djibouti
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
Dutch Djibouti, Djibouti
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
- Djiboutithe capital city of Djibouti
Esperanto Ĝibutio, Ĝibuto
- ĜibutioRepublic of Djibouti
- Ĝibutothe capital city of Djibouti
Estonian Djibouti, Djibouti
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
- Djiboutithe capital city of Djibouti
Finnish Djibouti, Djibouti
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
- Djiboutithe capital city of Djibouti
French Djibouti
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
German Dschibuti
- DschibutiRepublic of Djibouti
Greek Τζιμπουτί, Τζιμπουτί
- Τζιμπουτί (Tzimpoutí)Republic of Djibouti
- Τζιμπουτί (Tzimpoutí)the capital city of Djibouti
Hebrew ג׳יבוטי
- ג׳יבוטי (jibut'i)Republic of Djibouti
Hindi जिबूती
- जिबूती (jibūtī)Republic of Djibouti
Hungarian Dzsibuti
- DzsibutiRepublic of Djibouti
Icelandic Djíbútí
- DjíbútíRepublic of Djibouti
Irish Djibouti, Díobutaidh
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
- DíobutaidhRepublic of Djibouti
Italian Gibuti
- GibutiRepublic of Djibouti
Japanese ジブチ
- ジブチ (Jibuchi)Republic of Djibouti
Korean 지부티
- 지부티 (Jibuti)Republic of Djibouti
Latin Dzibutum
- Dzibutumthe capital city of Djibouti
Latvian Džibutija
- DžibutijaRepublic of Djibouti
Lithuanian Džibutis, Džibutis
- DžibutisRepublic of Djibouti
- Džibutisthe capital city of Djibouti
Māori Tipūti
- TipūtiRepublic of Djibouti
Norwegian Bokmål Djibouti, Djibouti
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
- Djiboutithe capital city of Djibouti
Persian جیبوتی
- جیبوتی (jibuti)Republic of Djibouti
Polish Dżibuti
- DżibutiRepublic of Djibouti
Portuguese Jibuti, Djibuti
- JibutiRepublic of Djibouti
- DjibutiRepublic of Djibouti
Romanian Djibouti
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
Russian Джибути́, Джибути́
- Джибути́ (Džibutí)Republic of Djibouti
- Джибути́ (Džibutí)the capital city of Djibouti
Slovak Džibutsko
- DžibutskoRepublic of Djibouti
Spanish Yibuti
- YibutiRepublic of Djibouti
Swahili Djibouti, Jibuti
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
- JibutiRepublic of Djibouti
Swedish Djibouti
- DjiboutiRepublic of Djibouti
Tagalog Yibuti
- YibutiRepublic of Djibouti
Tamil ஜிபூட்டி
- ஜிபூட்டி (jipūṭṭi)Republic of Djibouti
Thai จิบูตี
- จิบูตี (jì-buu-dtii)Republic of Djibouti
Turkish Cibuti
- CibutiRepublic of Djibouti
Ukrainian Джибуті́
- Джибуті́ (Džybutí)Republic of Djibouti
Urdu جبوتی
- جبوتی (jibūtī)Republic of Djibouti
Vietnamese Gi-bu-ti, Di-bu-ti
- Gi-bu-tiRepublic of Djibouti
- Di-bu-tiRepublic of Djibouti
- Gi-bu-tithe capital city of Djibouti
- Di-bu-tithe capital city of Djibouti
Welsh Jibwti
- JibwtiRepublic of Djibouti
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Djibouti
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Djibouti. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Djibouti
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