Somali Origin Place Names

This is a list of place names in which the origin is Somali. Somali is a language spoken in Somalia.
type
usage
origin
Somali (Country) Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Mongolian
Form of Somalia in various languages.
Somalia (Country) English, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Romanian, Greek, Albanian, Indonesian, Malay
From the ethnic name Somali, of uncertain meaning. The Somali people connect it to their mythical ancestor Samaale. Italian and British colonists applied the ethnic name to the Horn of Africa region in the 19th century. It became an independent country in 1960.
Somalie (Country) French
French form of Somalia.
Somalië (Country) Dutch
Dutch form of Somalia.
Somālija (Country) Latvian
Latvian form of Somalia.
Somalija (Country) Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian and Slovene form of Somalia.
Soomaaliya (Country) Somali
Somali form of Somalia.
Sumal (Country) Arabic
Arabic form of Somalia, usually written with the definite article: الصومال (al-Sumal).