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Definition of Horn of Africa
1. Noun. A peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia.
Terms within: Afars And Issas, Djibouti, Republic Of Djibouti, Eritrea, State Of Eritrea, Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic Of Ethiopia, Yaltopya, Somalia
Group relationships: Africa
Geographical relationships: Africa
Generic synonyms: Peninsula
Definition of Horn of Africa
1. Proper noun. A peninsula in East Africa that juts for hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Horn Of Africa
Literary usage of Horn of Africa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seventeen Trips Through Somaliland and a Visit to Abyssinia: A Record of by Harald George Carlos Swayne (1900)
"... GEOGRAPHY OF SOMALILAND WITH NOTES ON PRONUNCIATION AND MEANING OF NATIVE
NAMES THE Somali country occupies the triangle known as the " Horn of Africa," ..."
2. The U. N. Role in the Persian Gulf and Iraqi Compliance with U. N. Resolutions by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"APPOINTMENT OF AN ON THE GROUND UN COORDINATOR IN THE Horn of Africa If you could
switch your geographic focus to the Horn of Africa. ..."
3. Africa and the American Flag by Andrew Hull Foote (1854)
"In the eastern horn of Africa, which you think to be a desolate wilderness, there
is the finest country, and the finest climate I know. ..."
4. Special Operations Forces: Roles And Missions In The Aftermath Of The Cold War by Wayne A. (FRW) Downing (1996)
"This changed perspective alerted me to some intriguing prospects for the use of
Special Operations Forces (SOF) in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa ..."
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