Meanings
- A promontory in Bari, Puntland, Somalia.
Soon the enterprise at Ras Hafun was exporting by sea over three hundred thousand tons of salt a year for industrial use.
2000 May 24, Peter S. Bridges, Safirka: An American Envoy, →ISBN, page 1632 more examples
In July 1919, a southerly current with a rate of 1 to 2 knots was experienced close inshore from a position 8 miles southward of Ras Asir to Ras Hafun.
1943, United States Hydrographic Office, Sailing Directions for the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, →OCLC, page 472Ras Hafun was excavated by the late Neville Chittick (1976), under the auspices of the British Institute in Eastern Africa of which he was director.
2003 August 18, Timothy Insoll, The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa, →ISBN, page 44Synonyms: Cape Hafun
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA promontory in Bari, Puntland, Somalia.
Origin
- SomaliRas Xaafuun
- EnglishRas Hafun
Borrowed from Somali Ras Xaafuun.
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Cite this entry
Ras Hafun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ras%20Hafun
“Ras Hafun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ras%20Hafun. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ras Hafun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ras%20Hafun.
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