Horn of Africa

English

the countries highlighted in green make up the Horn of Africa

Alternative forms

• HOA (initialism)

Proper noun

the Horn of Africa

1. A peninsula in East Africa, jutting into the Guardafui Channel.

   Synonyms: Horn peninsula, Horn, Horn region

Translations

peninsula in East Africa

Afrikaans: Horing van Afrika Amharic: የአፍሪካ ቀንድ (yäʾäfrika ḳänd) Arabic: اَلْقَرْنُ الْأَفْرِيقِيّ m (al-qarnu l-ʔafrīqiyy) Armenian: Աֆրիկյան եղջյուր (Afrikyan eġǰyur) Azerbaijani: Afrika buynuzu Basque: Afrikako Adarra Belarusian: Афрыканскі Рог m (Afrykanski Roh) Bulgarian: Африканския рог m (Afrikanskija rog) Catalan: Banya d'Àfrica f Chinese: Mandarin: 非洲之角 (zh) (Fēizhōu Zhī Jiǎo) Czech: Africký roh m Danish: Afrikas horn Dutch: Hoorn van Afrika (nl) m Esperanto: Korno de Afriko Estonian: Aafrika Sarv, Somaali poolsaar Finnish: Afrikan sarvi (fi) French: Corne de l’Afrique (fr) f Galician: Corno de África m Georgian: აფრიკის რქა (ka) (apriḳis rka), სომალის ნახევარკუნძული (somalis naxevarḳunʒuli) German: Horn von Afrika (de) n Greek: Κέρας της Αφρικής n (Kéras tis Afrikís) Hebrew: קרן אפריקה f (qéren áfrika) Hindi: अफ्रीका का सींग (aphrīkā kā sīṅg) Hungarian: Afrika szarva Icelandic: Horn Afríku n Indonesian: Tanduk Afrika Italian: Corno d'Africa m Japanese: アフリカの角 (ja) (Afurika no tsuno) Korean: 아프리카의 뿔 (Apeurikaui ppul) Latvian: Āfrikas rags m, Somālijas pussala f Lithuanian: Afrikos ragu m, Somalio pusiasalis m Macedonian: Африкански Рог m (Afrikanski Rog) Malay: Tanduk Afrika Norwegian: Bokmål: Afrikas horn n Nynorsk: Afrikas horn n Persian: شاخ آفریقا (šâx-e âfriqâ) Polish: Róg Afryki (pl) m, Półwysep Somalijski (pl) m Portuguese: Corno de África m, Chifre da África m Romanian: Cornul Africii n Russian: Африка́нский Рог (ru) m (Afrikánskij Rog) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: А̀фричкӣ ро̑г m, Ро̑г Африке m Roman: Àfričkī rȏg m, Rȏg Afrike m Slovak: Africký roh m Slovene: Afriški rog m Somali: Geeska Afrika Spanish: Cuerno de África m Swedish: Afrikas horn (sv) n Thai: จะงอยแอฟริกา (jà-ngɔɔi-ép-frí-kaa) Tigrinya: ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ (ḳärni ʾafriḳa) Turkish: Afrika Boynuzu (tr) Ukrainian: Африканський Ріг m (Afrykansʹkyj Rih) Vietnamese: Sừng châu Phi

Further reading

• Horn of Africa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia