Djibouti

Dji·bou·ti  (j-bt) 1. A country of eastern Africa on the Gulf of Aden. Djibouti was a French colony from 1896 until 1946 and a territory from 1946 until its independence in 1977. It was called French Somaliland from 1896 to 1967 and the French Territory of Afars and Issas from 1967 to 1977. Population: 457,000. 2. The capital and largest city of Djibouti, in the southeast part of the country on an inlet of the Gulf of Aden. It was founded by the French in 1888. Population: 465,000.

Djibouti

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Noun	1.	Djibouti - port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti capital of Djibouti Afars and Issas, Republic of Djibouti, Djibouti - a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997
	2.	Djibouti - a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997 Afars and Issas, Republic of 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