Somali may refer to:
Horn of Africa
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Somalis
The Somalis ( so, Soomaalida ππππππππ, ar, Ψ΅ΩΩ
Ψ§ΩΩΩΩ) are an ethnic group native to the Horn of Africa who share a common ancestry, culture and history. The Lowland East Cushitic Somali language is the shared mo ...
, an inhabitant or ethnicity associated with Greater Somali Region
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Proto-Somali
Proto-Somalis were the ancient people and ancestors of Somalis who lived in present-day Somalia. Literature on proto-Somalis largely uses a time-frame pertaining to the 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD.
History
The Puntites were ancient C ...
, the ancestors of modern Somalis
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Somali culture
The culture of Somalia is an amalgamation of traditions in that were developed independently since the Proto-Somali era. The hypernym of the term ''Somali'' from a geopolitical sense is ''Horner (demography), Horner'' and from an ethnic sense, it ...
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Somali cuisine
Somali cuisine is the traditional cuisine of Somalis from the Horn of Africa. Somali cuisine does have moderate foreign influence from different countries mainly due to trade but traditionally also varies from region to region due to the expansiv ...
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Somali language
Somali (Latin script: ; Wadaad: ; Osmanya: ππ ππππππ ) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is a ...
, a Cushitic language
** Somali, plural of
Somalo
The Somalo (plural: Somali, Ψ΅ΩΩ
Ψ§ΩΩ) was the currency of the Trust Territory of Somaliland administered by Italy between 1950 and 1960. The "Somalo" remained officially in use in the newly created Somali Republic until 1962. It was subdivided ...
, former Somali currency
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Somali Plate
The Somali Plate is a minor tectonic plate which straddles the Equator in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is currently in the process of separating from the African Plate along the East African Rift Valley. It is approximately centered on the isl ...
, a tectonic plate which covers the eastern part of Africa
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Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ππππππππ; ar, Ψ§ΩΨ΅ΩΩ
Ψ§Ω, aαΉ£-αΉ’Ε«mΔl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...
, a nation in the Horn of Africa
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Somaliland, a self-declared state considered internationally to be a part of Somalia
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Somali Region
The Somali Region ( so, Deegaanka Soomaalida, am, α±αα ααα, SumalΔ Kilil, ar, Ψ§ΩΩ
ΩΨ·ΩΨ© Ψ§ΩΨ΅ΩΩ
Ψ§ΩΩΨ©), also known as Soomaali Galbeed (''Western Somalia'') and officially the Somali Regional State, is a regional stat ...
, a Somali-inhabited region of Ethiopia
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North Eastern Province (Kenya)
The North Eastern Province ( so, Gobolka Woqooyi Bari, πππππππ ππππππ ππππ) is one of the former provinces in Kenya. It has a land area of 127,358.5 km2, with its capital at Garissa. Previ ...
, a Somali-inhabited region of Kenya
Other uses
* Somali, a member of the
Somalia Battalion
The Somalia Battalion (russian: ΠΠ°ΡΠ°Π»ΡΠΎΠ½ Β«Π‘ΠΎΠΌΠ°Π»ΠΈΒ») is a separatist military unit of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic in Ukraine, which has been fighting against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbas War and the 2022 ...
, a pro-Russian military group.
* , a British destroyer
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Somali cat, a cat breed
* Somali, a character in the manga series ''
Somali and the Forest Spirit''
* Somali Peninsula, a region of East Africa, also known as 'The Horn of Africa'
See also
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Proto-Somali
Proto-Somalis were the ancient people and ancestors of Somalis who lived in present-day Somalia. Literature on proto-Somalis largely uses a time-frame pertaining to the 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD.
History
The Puntites were ancient C ...
, an ancient people
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