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Somalize

Somalize verb: to make or become Somali.

Verb

Somalize (third-person singular simple present Somalizes, present participle Somalizing, simple past and past participle Somalized)

  1. To make or become Somali.
    • While recognising this constraint, the Protectorate did continue to Somalize as quickly as possible.2013, Brock Millman, British Somaliland: An Administrative History, 1920-1960

Forms of Somalize

third-person singular presentSomalizes
present participleSomalizing
past participleSomalized
pastSomalized

Origin of Somalize

From Somali + -ize.

Questions about Somalize

What does Somalize mean?
Somalize means to make or become Somali.
What part of speech is Somalize?
Somalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of Somalize?
The past tense of Somalize is Somalized.

Words near Somalize in the dictionary

  1. Somalis
  2. somalism
  3. Somalist
  4. Somalists
  5. Somalization
  6. Somalize
  7. Somalized
  8. Somalizes
  9. Somalizing
  10. somalo
  11. Somalo-

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