Mogadishu
pronunciation
How to pronounce Mogadishu in British English:
UK [ˌmɔ:ɡɑ:ˈdi:ʃu:]
How to pronounce Mogadishu in American English:
US [ˌmɑɡəˈdɪʃu, -ˈdiʃu]
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- Noun:
- the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
Word Origin
- Mogadishu
- city in Somalia, from Arabic mukaddas "holy."
Example
- 1. Fartun adan runs the sexual-violence crisis centre in mogadishu .
- 2. The battle of mogadishu haunted me .
- 3. The islamists in mogadishu are not uniformly extreme .
- 4. Nine mobile-phone operators in mogadishu offer cheap calls .
- 5. The port is mogadishu 's biggest employer .