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Somalia
suh-MAH-lee-uh
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A country in the Horn of Africa, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, with its capital at Mogadishu.
"Somalia has a long coastline along the Indian Ocean."
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Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA country in East Africa.
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Etymology
From Somali, the name of the people, + the place-name suffix -ia.