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Horn of Africa
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English
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Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Horn of Africa.wav Southern England
Proper noun
Horn of Africa 1
en peninsula continent/East Africa jutting into the Guardafui Channel.
en 4 October 2026 Teklemariam Bekit Jack Burgess Ethiopian rebel forces withdraw from Tigray regional capital https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqm249v07j4xo BBC News The development marks a major shift in the conflict and raises concerns among observers that the fighting could further destabilise the Horn of Africa, potentially drawing in neighbouring countries. 4 October 2026
en HOA Horn initialism
Derived terms
en Horn African
Translations
peninsula in East Africa
Afrikaans: af Horing van Afrika
Albanian: sq Briri i Afrikës
Amharic: am የአፍሪካ ቀንድ
Arabic: ar اَلْقَرْنُ الْأَفْرِيقِيّ m, ar الْقَرْن الإِفْرِيقِيّ
Armenian: hy Աֆրիկյան եղջյուր
Azerbaijani: az Afrika buynuzu
Basque: eu Afrikako Adarra
Belarusian: be Афрыканскі Рог m
Bulgarian: bg Африканския рог m
Catalan: ca Banya d'Àfrica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 非洲之角 Fēizhōu Zhī Jiǎo
Czech: cs Africký roh m
Danish: da Afrikas horn
Dutch: nl Hoorn van Afrika m
Esperanto: eo Korno de Afriko
Estonian: et Aafrika Sarv, et Somaali poolsaar
Finnish: fi Afrikan sarvi
French: fr Corne de l'Afrique f
Galician: gl Corno de África m
Georgian: ka აფრიკის რქა, ka სომალის ნახევარკუნძული
German: de Horn von Afrika n
Greek: el Κέρας της Αφρικής n
Hebrew: he קרן אפריקה f qéren áfrika
Hindi: hi अफ़्रीका का सींग m
Hungarian: hu Afrika szarva
Icelandic: is Horn Afríku n
Indonesian: id Tanduk Afrika
Italian: it Corno d'Africa m
Japanese: ja アフリカの角 Afurika no tsuno
Korean: ko ^아프리카의 뿔
Latvian: lv Āfrikas rags m, lv Somālijas pussala f
Lithuanian: lt Afrikos ragu m, lt Somalio pusiasalis m
Macedonian: mk Африкански Рог m
Malay: ms Tanduk Afrika
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Afrikas horn n
Nynorsk: nn Afrikas horn n
Persian: fa شاخ آفریقا šâx-e âfriqâ
Polish: pl Róg Afryki m, pl Półwysep Somalijski m
Portuguese: pt Corno de África m, pt Chifre da África m
Romanian: ro Cornul Africii n
Russian: ru Африка́нский Рог m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh А̀фричкӣ ро̑г m, sh Ро̑г Африке m
Latin: sh Àfričkī rȏg m, sh Rȏg Afrike m
Slovak: sk Africký roh m
Slovene: sl Afriški rog m
Somali: so Geeska Afrika
Spanish: es Cuerno de África m
Swedish: sv Afrikas horn n
Thai: th จะงอยแอฟริกา jà-ngɔɔi-ép-frí-kaa
Tigrinya: ti ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ
Turkish: tr Afrika Boynuzu
Ukrainian: uk Африканський Ріг m
Vietnamese: vi Sừng châu Phi
Further reading
en Africa