Somalia

geographical name

So·​ma·​lia sō-ˈmä-lē-ə 

sə-,

-ˈmäl-yə

country in eastern Africa bordering on the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean and crossed by the Equator in the far south; capital Mogadishu area 246,201 square miles (637,657 square kilometers), population 11,259,000

Note: Somalia was formed in 1960 by the union of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland.

Somalian

sō-ˈmä-lē-ən 

sə-

-ˈmäl-yən

adjective or noun