Mogadishu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɒɡəˈdiːʃuː/, /-ˈdɪʃ-/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmoʊ.ɡəˈdi.ʃu/

Proper noun

Mogadishu

  1. The capital city of Somalia.
    Synonym: Xamar (Somalia)
    Coordinate terms: Bosaso, Berbera; see others
    • 2007 April 22, “Somalian government tells Mogadishu residents to flee”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 12 April 2021:
      Rotting corpses lay in the open and explosions shook Mogadishu on Sunday for a fifth day of fighting between insurgents and allied Somali-Ethiopian troops that have killed at least 230 people.

Derived terms

Translations

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately, from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū) or Somali Muqdisho.

Proper noun

Mogadishu

  1. Mogadishu (the capital city of Somalia)

Japanese

Romanization

Mogadishu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of モガディシュ

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌmɔ.ɡɐˈdi.ʃu/ [ˌmɔ.ɣɐˈði.ʃu]

Proper noun

Mogadishu f

  1. alternative spelling of Mogadixo