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.


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

Horatio
Horatio Alger
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
Horatio Hornblower
Horatio Nelson
Horatio Walpole
Hordeum
Hordeum jubatum
Hordeum murinum
Hordeum pusillum
Hordeum vulgare
Horezm
Horlicks
Horn clause
Horn clauses
Horn of Africa
Horned God
Horneophyton
Horner's muscle
Horner's pupil
Horner's syndrome
Horner's teeth
Horner-Trantas dots
Hornet
Hornsby
Hornsbys
Horologium
Horowitz
Horowitzian
Horroxian

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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