Somaliland

From Somali +‎ -land; analogous with Jubaland and Puntland.

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Somaliland

2. An ethnically Somali geographic region of East Africa comprising Somalia, Djibouti, and parts of Ethiopia.
4. A geographic region and de facto independent unrecognized state in East Africa, internationally recognized as part of Somalia; formerly the Somali Coast Protectorate. Official name: Republic of Somaliland.

   Holonym: Somalia (construed as holonymous by almost all sovereign states)

   • 2022 August 19, Yousef Timacade, “Religious backlash threatens Somaliland’s progressive rape law”, in openDemocracy‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 August 2022:

     A group of religious leaders in Somaliland is behind an attempt to replace a progressive sexual offences law passed in 2018 with a revised version that protects rapists rather than survivors and allows child marriage.

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Somaliland n (plural Somaliländer)

1. Somaliland (a geographic region and de facto independent unrecognized state in East Africa, internationally recognized as part of Somalia; formerly the Somali Coast Protectorate)

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Somaliland m or f

1. Somaliland (a geographic region and de facto independent unrecognized state in East Africa, internationally recognized as part of Somalia; formerly the Somali Coast Protectorate)

   Synonym: Somalilândia