DJIBOUTI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Djibouti mean? 

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

1. port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti

2. a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997

  Familiarity information: DJIBOUTI used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DJIBOUTI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Djibouti; Djibouti

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Djibouti" is a part of...):

Afars and Issas; Djibouti; Republic of Djibouti (a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Afars and Issas; Djibouti; Republic of Djibouti

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Djibouti"):

capital of Djibouti; Djibouti (port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti)

Meronyms (members of "Djibouti"):

Djiboutian (a native or inhabitant of Djibouti)

Holonyms ("Djibouti" is a part of...):

Horn of Africa; Somali peninsula (a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia)

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

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

Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)

Derivation:

Djiboutian (of or relating to Djibouti or its people or culture)