Mogadishu
//ˌmoʊ.ɡəˈdi.ʃu// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 The capital city of Somalia.
"Rotting corpses lay in the open and explosions shook Mogadishu on Sunday for a fifth day of fighting between insurgents and allied Somali-Ethiopian troops that have killed at least 230 people."
Example
More examples"Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia."
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū).
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