Somaliland

English Etymology From en Somali -land; analogous with Jubaland and Puntland. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Somaliland.wav Southern England Proper noun en regionen An ethnically Somali <<geographic region>> of <<r/East Africa>> comprising Somalia, Djibouti and parts of Ethiopia. en Q34754en A <<geographic region>> and de facto independent <<unrecognized state>> in <<r/East Africa>>, international recognition internationally recognized as part of <<c:also/Somalia>>; formerly the Somali Coast Protectorate Republic of Somaliland. en Somalia<qq:construed as holonymous by almost all sovereign states> en Yousef Timacade Religious backlash threatens Somaliland’s progressive rape law w:openDemocracy https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/somaliland-rape-law-backlash/ 2022-08-19 A group of religious leaders in Somaliland is behind an attempt to replace a progressive sexual offences law passed in 2018 with a revised version that protects rapists rather than survivors and allows child marriage. https://web.archive.org/web/20220831070037/https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/somaliland-rape-law-backlash/ Derived terms en British Somaliland French Somaliland Italian Somaliland Somalilander Translations region Arabic: ar أَرْض اَلصُّومَال f ʔarḍ aṣ-ṣomāl Bengali: bn সোমালিস্তান Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 索馬里蘭 Suǒmǎlǐlán Danish: da Dutch: nl Somaliland n Finnish: fi Somalimaa French: fr Somaliland m Georgian: ka სომალილენდი Greek: el Σομαλιλάνδη f Hindi: hi सोमालीलैंड m Irish: ga Críoch Shomáile f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Somaliland Portuguese: pt Somalilândia f Russian: ru Сомалиле́нд m Somali: so Somaliland, so Soomaaliland Spanish: es Somalilandia f Ukrainian: uk Сомаліле́нд m unrecognized state Amharic: am ሶማሊያላይን Arabic: ar صُومَالِيلَانْد f ṣomālīland, ar أَرْض اَلصُّومَال f ʔarḍ aṣ-ṣomāl Armenian: hy Սոմալիլենդ Bengali: bn সোমালিল্যান্ড somalilênḍ, bn সোমালিস্তান Catalan: ca Somalilàndia f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 索馬里蘭 Suǒmǎlǐlán Danish: da Somaliland Dutch: nl Somaliland n Finnish: fi Somalimaa French: fr Somaliland m Georgian: ka სომალილენდი German: de Somaliland n Hebrew: he סומלילנד Hindi: hi सोमालीलैंड m Japanese: ja ソマリランド Somarirando Korean: ko ^소말릴란드 Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Somaliland Occitan: oc Somalilandia f Portuguese: pt Somalilândia f, pt Somaliland m f Romanian: ro Somaliland n Russian: ru Сомалиле́нд m Somali: so Somaliland, so Soomaaliland Spanish: es Somalilandia Turkish: tr Somaliland Ukrainian: uk Сомаліле́нд m West Frisian: fy Somalilân n, fy Somalylân n Anagrams en aadillmnos mailolands German Alternative forms de Somalland Pronunciation de De-Somaliland.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun de proper noun n plural Somaliländer de Somaliland Q34754 Derived terms de Britisch-Somaliland Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of Somaliland. thumb|The territory claimed by Somaliland in Africa. thumb|The House of Representatives in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Etymology nb, based on English en Somaliland, formed from en Somali -land 1. The name was historically used in colonial names such as nb Britisk Somaliland, nb Fransk Somaliland and nb Italiensk Somaliland. The first element, English en Somali, is from or akin to Somali so Soomaali Somali. Its deeper origin is uncertain. A traditional explanation connects the ethnonym with Samaale, an ancestral figure in Somali genealogical tradition, but this is not securely established as its historical etymology. English en -land is from en land, from Middle English nb enm lond land, also enm land, from Old English nb ang land land, from Proto-West Germanic nb gmw-pro *land land, from Proto-Germanic nb gem-pro *landą land. A further connection with Proto-Indo-European ine-pro *lendʰ- land, heath has been proposed, but the Indo-European origin of the Germanic word is disputed. Pronunciation nb /¹sʊˈmɑː.lɪˌlanː/ [sʊˈmɑ̀ː.lɪˌlanː] nb ɑːlɪlanː 4 nb So ma li land Proper noun nb proper noun Somaliland; nb unrecognized country r/East Africa cont/Africa Somaliland Places in Somalia a de facto independent state on the Horn of Africa, recognized by Israel but otherwise generally considered internationally to be part of Somalia, with Hargeisa as its capital. nb Somaliland har styrt seg selv de facto siden 1991. Somaliland has governed itself de facto since 1991. nb 29 December 2025 Stig Jarle Hansen and Dag Leraand Somaliland Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Somaliland Somaliland er en delstat og utbryterrepublikk i Somalia, beliggende ved Adenbukta på Afrikas horn. Somaliland is a federal state and breakaway republic in Somalia, situated on the Gulf of Aden on the Horn of Africa. https://web.archive.org/web/20260920134257/https://snl.no/Somaliland 20 September 2026 Somaliland; nb former country r/East Africa cont/Africa Somaliland, an independent state that existed from 26 June to 1 July 1960, when it united with the former Italian Somaliland to form Somalia. nb Somaliland var en selvstendig stat i fem dager i 1960 før unionen med Italiensk Somaliland. Somaliland was an independent state for five days in 1960 before the union with Italian Somaliland. nb 26 November 2024 Mikael Hiberg Naghizadeh Britisk Somaliland Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Britisk_Somaliland Protektoratet ble avviklet og Somaliland oppnådde uavhengighet 26. juni 1960, først som en egen stat. The protectorate was dissolved and Somaliland achieved independence on 26 June 1960, initially as a separate state. https://web.archive.org/web/20260917052134/https://snl.no/Britisk_Somaliland 17 September 2026 Usage notes The Norwegian long-form name used by Store norske leksikon is Republikken Somaliland (“the Republic of Somaliland”). Derived terms nb Britisk Somaliland British Somaliland nb Fransk Somaliland French Somaliland nb Italiensk Somaliland Italian Somaliland nb somalilandsk Somalilandic See also References “Somaliland” in Store norske leksikon. Portuguese Proper noun m,f pt Somaliland Q34754 pt Somalilândia Vietnamese vi Etymology Borrowed from vi en Somaliland. Proper noun vi Somaliland Q34754 vi exonyms