Mogadishu
/ˌmɒ.ɡəˈdiː.ʃuː/US/ˌmoʊ.ɡəˈdi.ʃu/
Mogadishu proper noun: the capital city of Somalia.
Proper noun
Mogadishu
- 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.2007 April 22, en, “Somalian government tells Mogadishu residents to flee”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2021
- Synonyms:
- Xamar
- The government of Somalia.
Mogadishu meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Mogadishu in Hindi
- capital city of Somalia
- मोगादीशू mogādīśū
Mogadishu in Tamil
- capital city of Somalia
- முக்தீசூ muktīcū
Mogadishu in Marathi
- capital city of Somalia
- मोगादिशू mogādiśū
Mogadishu in Urdu
- capital city of Somalia
- موغادیشو moġādīśū
More languagesFewer languages
- Mogadishu in Bengali
- মকদীশু mokdiśu
- Mogadishu in Sinhala
- මොගඩිෂු mogaḍiṣu
- Mogadishu in Pashto
- موګادیشو mōgādīšō
- Mogadishu in Tagalog
- Mogadishu
- Mogadishu in Arabic
- مَقَدِيشُو maqadīšū, مَقْدِيشُو maqdīšū
- Mogadishu in Malay
- Mogadishu
- Mogadishu in Indonesian
- Mogadishu
- Mogadishu in Persian
- موگادیشو mogâdišu
- Mogadishu in Thai
- โมกาดิชู moo-gaa-dì-chuu
- Mogadishu in Vietnamese
- Mô-ga-đi-su
- Mogadishu in Myanmar
- မိုဂါဒစ်ရှူးမြို့ muigadachru:mrui.
Synonyms of Mogadishu
Origin of Mogadishu
Uncertain; may be a compound term of Somali words "muuq" (appearance) + "disho", present subjunctive form of dil (beat / kill). Another proposal is that its borrowed from Arabic مَقَدِيشُو (maqadīšū), from Classical Persian مَقْعَد (maq'ad, “seat”) + شَاه (šāh, “shah, king”), literally “seat of the shah”.
Words formed from Mogadishu
Questions about Mogadishu
- What does Mogadishu mean?
- Mogadishu means the capital city of Somalia.
- What is Mogadishu in Hindi?
- Mogadishu in Hindi is मोगादीशू (mogādīśū). See Mogadishu meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Mogadishu?
- Mogadishu is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Mogadishu?
- Mogadishu is pronounced /ˌmɒ.ɡəˈdiː.ʃuː/ (UK).
Words near Mogadishu in the dictionary
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