Somalis

Noun

Somali (countable and uncountable, plural Somali or Somalis)

1. (collective, countable) An ethnic group native to the Somali Peninsula; a Somali, a group of Somalis, the Somalis.
   • Historically, Somalis were a nomadic people herding camels, goats, and sheep. Nowadays, many if not most Somalis are urbanized people.
2. (collective, in plural, uncountable) The Somali ethnic group as a whole; the Somali.
   • The Somali are an ethnic group of Cushitic origin indigenous to the Somali Peninsula. Their language is called Somali.
3. (collective, countable) A citizen or resident from the country of Somalia.
4. (collective, countable) A person from a Somali-majority republic, state, or region, including but not limited to: the Republic of Somaliland, the Somali region of Ethiopia (often called the Ogaden, but more neutrally the Somali region), or autonomous states within Somalia's federal system such as Puntland.
5. A domestic cat breed derived from the Abyssinian cat.

   Synonyms:

   fox cat, long-haired Abyssinian

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