SOMALI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Somali mean? 

• SOMALI (noun)
  The noun SOMALI has 2 senses:

1. a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia

2. the Cushitic language spoken by the Somali

  Familiarity information: SOMALI used as a noun is rare.

• SOMALI (adjective)
  The adjective SOMALI has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture

  Familiarity information: SOMALI used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOMALI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Somali; Somalian

Hypernyms ("Somali" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Somali" is a member of...):

Somalia (a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare)

Derivation:

Somali (of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Cushitic language spoken by the Somali

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Somali" is a kind of...):

Cushitic (a group of languages spoken in Ethiopia and Somalia and northwestern Kenya and adjacent regions)

Derivation:

Somali (of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture)

• SOMALI (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its people or their language and culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Somali; Somalian

Context example:

Somali coffee is excellent

Pertainym:

Somalia (a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare)

Derivation:

Somali (the Cushitic language spoken by the Somali)

Somali (a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting Somalia)