Somaliland

[ soh-mah-lee-land, suh- ]

/ soʊˈmɑ liˌlænd, sə- /

a coastal region in E Africa, including Djibouti, Somalia, and the Ogaden part of Ethiopia.

Example sentences from the Web for somaliland

As an 11-year-old growing up in Somaliland, then a British protectorate, Edna Adan Ismail had a powerful dream.

Somaliland's Healer of Women |Lynn Sherr |March 13, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
One of the most remarkable genera of this family is the little Heterocephalus from Abyssinia and Somaliland.

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard
To-morrow morning we hope to have disappeared, and a week from this we should be in the heart of Somaliland.

In the grip of the Mullah |F. S. Brereton
Dorcotragus with one species, D. megalotis, is a pigmy Gazelle restricted to Somaliland.

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard

In Abyssinia and Somaliland, among the native population, the most primitive methods of coffee making still obtain.

All About Coffee |William H. Ukers
In Somaliland and Abyssinia coffee cultivation is of very ancient date.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 |Various

Somaliland

/ (səʊˈmɑːlɪˌlænd) /

a former region of E Africa, between the equator and the Gulf of Aden: includes Somalia, Djibouti, and SE Ethiopia