Somali may refer to:
Horn of Africa
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Somalis
The Somalis ( so, Soomaalida ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ar, ุตูู
ุงูููู) 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 ...
, 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
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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 expansi ...
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Somali language, a Cushitic language
** Somali, plural of
Somalo
The Somalo (plural: Somali, ุตูู
ุงูู) 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: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
, 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, แฑแแ แญแแ, Sumalฤ Kilil, ar, ุงูู
ูุทูุฉ ุงูุตูู
ุงููุฉ), 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), a Somali-inhabited region of Kenya
Other uses
* Somali, a member of the
Somalia Battalion
The Somalia Battalion (russian: ะะฐัะฐะปัะพะฝ ยซะกะพะผะฐะปะธยป) 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.
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Somali cat
The Somali cat is genetically similar to the Abyssinian. Due to inheriting 2 copies of the recessive gene for long hair, they have a characteristic luscious coat, unlike their cousin, the Abyssinian cat.
History
In the 1940s, a British breede ...
, a cat breed
* Somali, a character in the manga series ''
Somali and the Forest Spirit
is a Japanese fantasy manga series by Yako Gureishi. It was serialized online from April 2015 to October 2019 via Tokuma Shoten's online manga magazine '' Web Comic Zenyon''. It was collected in six ''tankลbon'' volumes. An anime television ...
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* 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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