Somaliland

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An ethnically Somali geographic region of East Africa comprising Somalia, Djibouti, and parts of Ethiopia.
  2. 2
    A geographic region and de facto independent unrecognized state in East Africa, internationally recognized as part of Somalia; formerly the Somali Coast Protectorate. Official name: Republic of Somaliland.

    "Holonym: Somalia (construed as holonymous by almost all sovereign states)"

Etymology

From Somali + -land; analogous with Jubaland and Puntland.

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