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Somaliland
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Proper Noun
- 1 An ethnically Somali geographic region of East Africa comprising Somalia, Djibouti, and parts of Ethiopia.
- 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.
See also for "somaliland"
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