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Horn_of_Africa

Horn of Africa

English

The countries highlighted in green in the Horn of Africa

Proper noun

Horn of Africa

A peninsula in East Africa that juts for hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea.

Synonyms

Horn peninsula
Horn
Horn region

Translations

peninsula in East Africa

Afrikaans: Horing van Afrika
Amharic: የአፍሪካ ቀንድ ‎(yäʾäfrika ḳänd)
Arabic: اَلْقَرْن اَلْأَفْرِيقِيّ m ‎(al-qarn al-ʾafrīqiyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 非洲之角 (zh) ‎(Fēizhōu zhī jiǎo)
Danish: Afrikas horn
Dutch: Hoorn van Afrika (nl) m
Finnish: Afrikan sarvi
French: Corne de l'Afrique (fr) f
German: Horn von Afrika n
Hungarian: Afrika szarva

Icelandic: Horn Afríku n
Japanese: アフリカの角 ‎(Afurika no tsuno)
Korean: 아프리카의 뿔 ‎(Apeurika-ui ppul)
Persian: شاخ آفریقا ‎(Šâx-e Afriqâ)
Portuguese: Corno de África m
Russian: Африка́нский Рог (ru) m ‎(Afrikánskij Rog)
Serbo-Croatian: Afrički rog, Rog Afrike
Somali: Geeska Afrika
Spanish: Cuerno de África m
Tigrinya: ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ‎(ḳärni ʾafriḳa)
Turkish: Afrika Boynuzu (tr)