Meanings
proper noun
- A country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa. Official name: Federal Republic of Somalia. Capital and largest city: Mogadishu.
Somaliland seceded from Somalia 31 years ago and functions as an independent state with its own government but is still considered internationally as part of Somalia.
2022 August 19, Yousef Timacade, “Religious backlash threatens Somaliland’s progressive rape law”, in openDemocracy, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2022
Origin
- SomaliSoomaaliya
- EnglishSomalia
Borrowed from Somali Soomaaliya, equivalent to Somali + -ia.
More words from Somali
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Somalië
- Somaliëcountry in the Horn of Africa
Arabic اَلصُّومَال
- اَلصُّومَال (aṣ-ṣomāl)country in the Horn of Africa
Bengali সোমালিয়া
- সোমালিয়া (śōmaliẏa)country in the Horn of Africa
Bulgarian Сома́лия
- Сома́лия (Somálija)country in the Horn of Africa
Catalan Somàlia
- Somàliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Chinese Mandarin 索馬里 /索马里
- 索馬里 /索马里 (Suǒmǎlǐ)country in the Horn of Africa
Czech Somálsko
- Somálskocountry in the Horn of Africa
Danish Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Dutch Somalië
- Somaliëcountry in the Horn of Africa
Esperanto Somalio, Somalujo
- Somaliocountry in the Horn of Africa
- Somalujocountry in the Horn of Africa
Estonian Somaalia
- Somaaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Finnish Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
French Somalie
- Somaliecountry in the Horn of Africa
German Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Greek Σομαλία
- Σομαλία (Somalía)country in the Horn of Africa
Hebrew סוֹמַלְיָה
- סוֹמַלְיָה (somalya)country in the Horn of Africa
Hindi सोमालिया, सुमाली
- सोमालिया (somāliyā)country in the Horn of Africa
- सुमाली (sumālī)country in the Horn of Africa
Hungarian Szomália
- Szomáliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Icelandic Sómalía
- Sómalíacountry in the Horn of Africa
Indonesian Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Irish An tSomáil
- An tSomáilcountry in the Horn of Africa
Italian Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Japanese ソマリア
- ソマリア (Somaria)country in the Horn of Africa
Korean 소말리아
- 소말리아 (Somallia)country in the Horn of Africa
Latvian Somālija
- Somālijacountry in the Horn of Africa
Lithuanian Somalis
- Somaliscountry in the Horn of Africa
Malay Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Māori Hūmārie
- Hūmāriecountry in the Horn of Africa
Norwegian Bokmål Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Persian سومالی
- سومالی (sumâli)country in the Horn of Africa
Polish Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Portuguese Somália
- Somáliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Punjabi ਸੋਮਾਲੀਆ
- ਸੋਮਾਲੀਆ (somālīā)country in the Horn of Africa
Romanian Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Russian Сомали́
- Сомали́ (Somalí)country in the Horn of Africa
Slovak Somálsko
- Somálskocountry in the Horn of Africa
Spanish Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Swahili Somalia, Usomali
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
- Usomalicountry in the Horn of Africa
Swedish Somalia
- Somaliacountry in the Horn of Africa
Tagalog Somalya
- Somalyacountry in the Horn of Africa
Tamil சோமாலியா
- சோமாலியா (cōmāliyā)country in the Horn of Africa
Thai โซมาเลีย
- โซมาเลีย (soo-maa-liia)country in the Horn of Africa
Turkish Somali
- Somalicountry in the Horn of Africa
Ukrainian Сомалі́
- Сомалі́ (Somalí)country in the Horn of Africa
Urdu صومالیہ
- صومالیہ (somāliyā)country in the Horn of Africa
Vietnamese Xô-ma-li
- Xô-ma-licountry in the Horn of Africa
Yiddish סאָמאַליע
- סאָמאַליע (somalye)country in the Horn of Africa
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Somalia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
Somalia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Somalia
MLA
“Somalia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Somalia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Somalia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Somalia.
Source: Somalia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.