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Definition of Mogadishu

1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean.

Definition of Mogadishu

1. Proper noun. The capital city of Somalia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mogadishu

Literary usage of Mogadishu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. U. S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991: With Marine Forces Afloat in edited by Ronald J. Brown (2000)
"Colonel Doyle's first option had been to fly the CH-53s from Masirah to mogadishu, then lift the evacuees to Mombasa. A second plan called for the CH- 53s ..."

2. Agricultural Marketing Directory for U.S. & Africa Trade by Mary E. Lassanyi, Wayne Olson (1997)
"Telex: 713 [State- controlled organization that supplies farmers with inputs] Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, PO Box 27, Via Asha, mogadishu, ..."

3. Policing the New World Disorder: Peace Operations and Public Security by Robert B. Oakley, Michael J. Dziedzic, Eliot M. Goldberg (1998)
"Initial plans called for the ASF to begin in mogadishu and eventually expand to all areas covered by UNITAF. By the time of the transfer to UNOSOM II, ..."

4. Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (1999)
"Two faction leaders, Ali Mahdi and Hussein Aideed, have at various times claimed to have constituted central reconciliation governments in mogadishu, ..."

5. Enforcing Restraint: Collective Intervention in Internal Conflicts by Lori Fisler Damrosch (1993)
"The absence of country expertise directly resulted in the debacle of Under Secretary James Jonah's January 1992 mission to mogadishu. ..."

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