Djibouti

English thumb|right|Djibouti Etymology en; the country of Djibouti was named after its capital city, possibly borrowed from en fr Djibouti. Multiple theories exist as to the origin of the lemma, including derivation from en aa gabouti plate or aa gabood plateau. Pronunciation en /d͡ʒɪˈbuːtiː/ en /d͡ʒəˈbuːtiː/ weak vowel merger en /d͡ʒiː.buːˈtiː/ dated jǐbo͞oʹtē jēbo͞otēʹen 1952 Djibouti or Jibuti Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 518 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/518/ 3 en uːti 3 en En-Djibouti-pronunciation.ogg US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Djibouti.wav UK [dʒɪˈbʉːtiː] Proper noun en Q977en country r/East Africa Republic of Djibouti. en Subsahara en Horn of Africa en Haley Britzky, Priscilla Alvarez and Natasha Bertrand Deported migrant detainees are holding at a US Naval base in Djibouti amid court fight, officials say w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/deported-migrant-detainees-us-naval-base-djibouti 2025-05-22 The US officials added that that the situation has angered Djiboutian government officials, and that the US military in Djibouti has messaged back to Washington “significant concerns” over keeping the detainees there and the possible impact on military relations. https://web.archive.org/web/20260124230323/https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/politics/deported-migrant-detainees-us-naval-base-djibouti 24 January 2026 en Q3604en capital city c/Djibouti. en 08 April 1899 Notes Saturday Review (London newspaper) Saturday Review https://archive.org/details/saturdayreviewof8718unse/ 87 2267 0950-9852 1765055 418 https://archive.org/details/saturdayreviewof8718unse/page/418/ 1 The French have been having a great deal of trouble at Djibouti with a tribe of the interior, the Issas, who are vehemently opposed to the progress of the railway through their country. Throughout the first half of March, raids were incessant on parties in and about the town itself. A detachment of marines was sent out and restored peace, at all events for the moment. In the meantime fifty Hausas from the Ivory Coast are on their way to form a nucleus of a permanent garrison at Djibouti, and their sergeant is no less a person than Koulery the brother of Behanzin late King of Dahomey. Derived terms en Djiboutian Translations Q977 Republic of Djibouti Abkhaz: ab Џибути Afar: aa Gabuuti Afrikaans: af Djiboeti Albanian: sq Xhibuti Amharic: am ጅቡቲ Arabic: ar جِيبُوتِيّ m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܓ̰ܝܼܒܘܼܬܝܼ f Armenian: hy Ջիբութի Asturian: ast Xibuti Bashkir: ba Джибути Belarusian: be Джыбуці́ f Bengali: bn জিবুতি Breton: br Djibouti Bulgarian: bg Джибути Burmese: my ဂျီဘူတီ Catalan: ca Djibouti Chechen: ce Джибути Cherokee: chr ᏥᏊᏗ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 吉布提 Mandarin: cmn 吉布提 Jíbùtí Chuvash: cv Джибути Czech: cs Džibutsko n Danish: da Djibouti Dutch: nl Djibouti n Esperanto: eo Ĝibutio Estonian: et Djibouti Ewe: ee Dzibuti Farefare: gur Zibuti Faroese: fo Djibuti n Finnish: fi Djibouti French: fr Djibouti Frisian: West Frisian: fy Dzjibûty Galician: gl Xibutí Georgian: ka ჯიბუტი German: de Dschibuti n Greek: el Τζιμπουτί n Hausa: ha Jibuti Hebrew: he ג׳יבוטי jibut'i Hindi: hi जिबूती Hungarian: hu Dzsibuti Icelandic: is Djíbútí n Interlingua: ia Djibuti Irish: ga Djibouti, ga Díobutaidh Italian: it Gibuti Japanese: ja ジブチ Jibuchi Kalenjin: kln Jibuti Kamba: kam Jibuti Kazakh: kk Джибути Khmer: km ជីប៊ូទី Kikuyu: ki Jibuti Korean: ko ^지부티 Kyrgyz: ky Жибути Latvian: lv Džibutija f Lithuanian: lt Džibutis m Luhya: luy Jibuti Luo: luo Jibuti Macedonian: mk Џибу́ти n Malagasy: mg Jibotỳ Maltese: mt Dġibuti, mt Ġibuti m Māori: mi Tipūti Meru: mer Jibuti Mongolian: mn Жибути Navajo: nv Jibótii Nepali: ne जिबुती Norman: nrf Djibouti Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Djibouti Pashto: ps ګبوټي f gabûṭi Persian: fa جیبوتی jibuti Polish: pl Dżibuti Portuguese: pt Jibuti m, pt Djibuti m Romanian: ro Djibouti Russian: ru Джибути́ f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Џибу̏ти m Latin: sh Džibȕti m Sinhalese: si ජිබුටි Slovak: sk Džibutsko n Somali: so Jabuuti Spanish: es Yibuti Swahili: sw Djibouti, sw Jibuti Swedish: sv Djibouti Tagalog: tl Yibuti Tajik: tg Ҷибутӣ Tamil: ta ஜிபூட்டி Tatar: tt Җибути Thai: th จิบูตี Tibetan: bo ཇི་བའོ་ཊི། Tigrinya: ti ጂቡቲ Turkish: tr Cibuti Ukrainian: uk Джибуті́ f Urdu: ur جبوتی jibūtī Venetan: vec Jibuti Vietnamese: vi Gi-bu-ti, vi Di-bu-ti Welsh: cy Jibwti Wolaytta: wal Jubbuute Q3604 the capital city of Djibouti Afar: aa Gabuuti Afrikaans: af Djiboeti Asturian: ast Xibuti Czech: cs Džibuti n Dutch: nl Djibouti n Esperanto: eo Ĝibuto Estonian: et Djibouti Finnish: fi Djibouti Greek: el Τζιμπουτί n Khmer: km ជីប៊ូទី Latin: la Dzibutum Lithuanian: lt Džibutis Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Djibouti Russian: ru Джибути́ m Somali: so Jabuuti Vietnamese: vi Gi-bu-ti, vi Di-bu-ti See also Countries of the world References Catalan ca: Pronunciation [ou:u] ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Djibouti.wav Valencia Proper noun m ca Djibouti Q977 Proper noun f ca Djibouti Q3604 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi fr Djibouti. Pronunciation džibuti Dji.bou.ti Proper noun fi Djibouti Q977,Q3604 Declension sg Djibout a Derived terms fi djiboutilainen French Pronunciation fr Fr-Djibouti.ogg fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-Djibouti.wav <<Canada>> (<<Shawinigan>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Djibouti.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) Proper noun m fr Djibouti Q977 fr https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Troops_Djibouti_1935.jpg Débarquement de troupes françaises dans le port de Djibouti. 1935 Landing of French troops in the port of Djibouti. File:Troops Djibouti 1935.jpg Wikimedia Commons fr Djibouti Q3604 Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Djibouti. thumb|Djibouti in Africa. thumb|An aerial view of Djibouti City, the capital of Djibouti. Etymology nb, from the international name of the city of Djibouti; the country was named after its capital. Compare nb fr Djibouti, used during the former French administration and retained as one of the country's official-language names. nb Ultimate origin uncertain. Proposed explanations derive the city name from nb aa gabouti plate, perhaps in reference to the area's geographical features, or connect it with Afar aa gabood upland, plateau. Parallel international adaptations include da Djibouti, sv Djibouti, de Dschibuti, pl Dżibuti, es Yibuti and en Djibouti. Pronunciation nb /¹dʒiˈbuː.ti/ [dʒɪˈbùː.tɪ] nb uːti 3 nb Dji bou ti Proper noun nb proper noun Djibouti; nb country in eastern cont/Africa Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, with a capital and largest city of the same name. nb Djibouti har en strategisk beliggenhet ved innløpet til Rødehavet. Djibouti has a strategic location at the entrance to the Red Sea. nb 25 June 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen, Sten Lundbo and Claudia Bätcke Djibouti Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Djibouti Djibouti er en republikk i det nordøstlige Afrika, på Afrikas Horn, ved kysten der Bab al-Mandeb møter Adenbukta. Djibouti is a republic in northeastern Africa, on the Horn of Africa, on the coast where the Bab-el-Mandeb meets the Gulf of Aden. https://web.archive.org/web/20260921201849/https://snl.no/Djibouti 21 September 2026 Djibouti; nb capital city c/Djibouti, situated on the southeastern side of the Gulf of Tadjoura, near the entrance to the Red Sea. nb Vi ankom havnebyen Djibouti tidlig om morgenen. We arrived in the port city of Djibouti early in the morning. nb 22 January 2026 Sten Lundbo Djibouti – hovedstad Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Djibouti_-_hovedstad Djibouti er hovedstad og største by i Djibouti. Djibouti is the capital and largest city of Djibouti. https://web.archive.org/web/20260918111053/https://snl.no/Djibouti_-_hovedstad 18 September 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name of the country is Republikken Djibouti (“the Republic of Djibouti”). Derived terms nb djiboutier a Djiboutian nb djiboutisk Djiboutian See also References “Djibouti” in Store norske leksikon. “Djibouti – hovedstad” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Djibouti Q977,Q3604 Related terms nn djiboutiar nn djiboutisk Swahili Alternative forms sw Jibuti Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Djibouti.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Djibouti Q977,Q3604 See also Swedish sv: Pronunciation sv /djɪˈbuːtɪ/ sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Djibouti.wav Proper noun n sv Djibouti Q977,Q3604sv is the gender correct for the city? Related terms sv djiboutier sv djiboutisk sv djiboutiska See also Further reading 12 Svensk MeSH