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
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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, former Somali currency
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Somali Plate, 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), a Somali-inhabited region of Kenya
Other uses
* Somali, a member of the
Somalia Battalion, 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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