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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Somali peninsula, Horn of Africanoun

    a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia

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  1. Horn of Africanoun

    A peninsula in East Africa that juts for hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea.

Wikipedia

  1. Horn of Africa

    The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa. Located on the easternmost part of the African mainland, it is the fourth largest peninsula in the world. It is composed of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti; broader definitions also include parts or all of Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda. The term Greater Horn Region (GHR) can additionally include Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. It lies along the southern boundary of the Red Sea and extends hundreds of kilometres into the Guardafui Channel, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean and shares a maritime border with the Arabian Peninsula of Western Asia.

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  1. horn of africa

    The Horn of Africa is a region located in the eastern part of the African continent. It juts out into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. The region is home to the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Sometimes, the region also includes the countries of Kenya and Sudan. It is named so due to its shape resembling the horn of a rhinoceros or a dagger as seen from the map. The area is known for its unique cultures, history, and diverse geographical features.

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  1. Horn of Africa

    The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea and lies along the southern side of the Gulf of Aden. It is the easternmost projection of the African continent. Referred to in ancient and medieval times as Bilad al Barbar, the Horn of Africa denotes the region containing the countries of Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia. It covers approximately 2,000,000 km² and is inhabited by roughly 100 million people. Regional studies on the Horn of Africa are carried out, among others, in the fields of Ethiopian Studies as well as Somali Studies.

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    Read the full text of the Horn of Africa poem by ANEMENE KENECHUKWU M. on the Poetry.com website.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of horn of africa in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of horn of africa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of horn of africa in a Sentence

  1. Abby Maxman:

    The Ukraine crisis has had this ongoing negative impact on world food prices and [added] even more volatility, the supply chains and how they flow to places like East Africa and the Horn of Africa are taking big hits.

  2. Jessica Tierney:

    What we see in the paleoclimate record from the last 2,000 years is evidence that the Horn of Africa is drier when there are warm conditions on Earth, and wetter when it is colder.

  3. Somalia Nick Kay:

    But scaling back now will crush the hopes of millions of Somalis, endanger peace and security in the Horn of Africa and East Africa, bolster violent extremism globally and risk a renewed exodus of refugees, reducing effort should not be an option.


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  • Endalk Teodros Yirga
    Endalk Teodros Yirga
    Historically, the 'horn' of Africa refers to the peninsula along somalian coastline. It has nothing to do with Ethiopia! This deception of including the Ethiopian highlands as part of this tract of land is a common made mistake and spread by mostly unaware somali retards! The term Horn Africa became synonym with parts of East Africa because of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in WWII and it's wish to create an African empire with the Indian Ocean as it's eastern border. 
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