somali — meaning in English
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English meaning
- Somali name A Cushitic language spoken mainly in Somalia and nearby parts of the Horn of Africa.
Senses
somali is used for these senses in English:
- Somali Of, from, or pertaining to Somalia, the Somali people or language.
- Somali (chiefly, countable, collective) An ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis.
- Somali (countable, collective) A citizen or resident from the country of Somalia. The term Somalian is sometimes used as an alternative to Somali to emphasize civic affiliations to the Republic of Somalia and de-emphasize ethnic affiliations. Using the term Somalian may be offensive to some Somalis as it is deemed nonstandard. Some Somali ethnonationalists do not consider all citizens of Somalia to be Somali. Some Somali separatists prefer terms such as Somalian or Somalilander in civic contexts over the ethnolinguistic connoted term Somali.
Somali — full definition
- name A Cushitic language spoken mainly in Somalia and nearby parts of the Horn of Africa.
- noun A person belonging to the Somali ethnic group, or a citizen of Somalia.
- adjective Relating to Somalia, its people, or its language.
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