Afars and Issas

A·fars and Is·sas  (-färs; ss), French Territory of

See Djibouti.

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Afars and Issas - a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997 Republic of Djibouti, Djibouti Arab League - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation capital of Djibouti, Djibouti - port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti 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 Djiboutian - a native or inhabitant of Djibouti