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Definition of Somali peninsula

1. Noun. A peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Somali Peninsula

Literary usage of Somali peninsula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1893)
"somali peninsula. Somalia, illustrated. By JS Leigh, FRGS (90. 9. ... The First Crossing of the somali peninsula, with maps. By LB Robecchi. (85. ..."

2. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Somewhat north of the middle point of the eastern side of the continent, a massive triangular projection, the somali peninsula, extends almost 1000 miles ..."

3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"... except Australia, Africa is the most ui heavy, aud monotonous in its general 01 unbroken by any bold projections seawards the abortive somali peninsula, ..."

4. A Geography of Africa by Lionel William Lyde (1907)
"North-East Africa may be roughly divided into two parts—the Ethiopian Highlands and the somali peninsula. (1) The Highlands, which are mainly occupied by ..."

5. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1891)
"... has from Obbia crossed the northern part of the somali peninsula and returned to Berbera.—A further expedition is in course of being carried out at the ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... who have gradually driven back the Galla from the shores of the Red Sea and the extremities of the somali peninsula regions which were occupied by them ..."

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