All things Somali

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There are many things that have 'Somali' as a 'prefix' as part of their name.

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Somali Bantu

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Somali Peninulsa.

This is one interpretation of the word:



This is another interpretation of the word as a synonym of HOA:

The Horn of Africa (Amharic: የአፍሪካ ቀንድ?, Arabic: القرن الأفريقي‎, Somali: Geeska Afrika, Tigrinya: ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ) (alternatively Northeast Africa, and sometimes Somali Peninsula; shortened to HOA) 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.

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Somali current

a) An ocean current flowing southwestward along the coast of Somaliland (East Africa) as a continuation of the north equatorial current . In summer (Northern Hemisphere), when the north equatorial current and the equatorial countercurrent are replaced by an eastward flowing monsoon current , the Somali...
Found on http://taylor.math.ualberta.ca/~bruce/gl

b) surface current of the western Indian Ocean, caused during the northern summer months by the blowing of the southwest monsoon along the coast of East ... [2 related articles]
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/123

c) The `Somali Current` is an ocean boundary current that runs along the coast of Somalia and Oman in the Western Indian Ocean and is analogous to the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="McCreary">McCreary, J.P., Kohler, K.E., Hood, R.R., and Olson, D.B. (1996) "A four compar...
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Curr

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Somali [tectonic] plate



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Somali Basin

a basin in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, between the African coast and the Arabian-Indian and Mascarene underwater ridges. It stretches for about 2,800 km from northeast to southwest and about 1,800 km from northwest to southeast. The maximum depth is 5,824 m. The bottom is covered with ooze.

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ANIMALS - most of which are native or almost native to the Somali penisula that covers Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti (i.e. where somalis live) (and small parts of enjoining areas).

Somali Giraffe



Somali Ostrich



Somali sheep



Somali elephant shrew

Somali dwarf Shrew

Somali Hedgehog

Somali Puff Adder

Somali Golden Mole

Somali [cat]

Somali Crow

Somali Thrush

Somali Pigeon

Somali Lark

Somali boubou

Somali Golden-breasted Bunting

Somali bushbaby/ Somali Galago

Somali rubber frog

Somali Fiscal

Somali Srotine

Somali bee-eater

Somali grass rat

Somali Sparrow

Somali Tit

Somali Wild Ass

Somali carpet viper

Somali Crombec

Somali Dwarf Mongoose

Somali starling

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Somali warthog

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SOMALI
HMS Somali was a British Tribal Class destroyer of 1870 tons displacement launched in 1937 and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Somali was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and carried a crew of 219. She was armed with eight 4.7 inch dual-purpose guns; seven smaller guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes.

Somali was the last Royal Navy Tribal to be sunk during WW2.



SOMALI II
The Somali was an American-built French Senegalais Class frigate of 1300 tons displacement launched in 1944. The Somali was powered by diesel-electric engines providing a top speed of 19 knots and a range of 18400 km at 11 knots. She carried a complement of 185 and was armed with three 3 inch dual-purpose guns; two 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; twelve 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and eight depth charge throwers.