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Mogadishu

proper noun

  1. capital and largest city of Somalia
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌmɒɡəˈdiːʃuː/ / /-ˈdɪʃ-/ / /ˌmoʊ.ɡəˈdi.ʃu/

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū)bor. English Mogadishu Borrowed from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū).

  1. The capital city of Somalia.

    “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.”