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Definition of Mogadiscio
1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean.
Generic synonyms: Port, National Capital
Group relationships: Somalia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mogadiscio
Literary usage of Mogadiscio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Italy's Foreign and Colonial Policy: A Selection from the Speeches Delivered by Tommaso Tittoni, Maggiorino Ferraris (1914)
"He excludes Mogadiscio and Merka absolutely, as to his mind they are not adapted
for the construction of any important port works, which would require large ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The chief places in Somalia are the ports of Brava, Merka, Mogadiscio, Marshek,
and Obbia. The administration of justice is under colonial judges, ..."
3. Africa Pilot by United States Hydrographic Office (1916)
"Mogadiscio; near its southern part is the residency, a large square building with
a flagstaff. The houses are mostly built of stone, and some are of ..."
4. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"... Costa Orientale d'Africa da Obbia a Dares-Salem e della Somalia Meridionale.
Scale 1: 500000 or 7'8 stat. miles to an inch. Sheets: Lugh, Mogadiscio ..."
5. Harvard African Studies by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology African Dept (1922)
"from Mogadiscio,1 while, according to the Storm of Guidi, the dynasty was descended
from a Mussulman merchant who came from ..."
6. Italy, what She Was, what She Is, what She Will Become (1919)
"... chief town Mogadiscio and the protectorate of Northern Somalia, which has as
its principal centre Alula, ..."
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