Mo·ga·di·shu (m  g -d  sh , -d sh, mô-) The capital and largest city of Somalia, on the Indian Ocean. Settled by Arab colonists in the ninth or tenth century, it was occupied in 1871 by the sultan of Zanzibar, who leased it to the Italians in 1892. After 1905 it became the capital of Italian Somaliland. Population: 2,590,000. |
Mogadishu [ˌmɒgəˈdɪʃuː], Mogadiscio [ˌmɒgəˈdɪʃɪˌəʊ -ˈdɪʃəʊ]
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(Placename) the capital and chief port of Somalia, on the Indian Ocean: founded by Arabs around the 10th century; taken by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1871 and sold to Italy in 1905. Pop.: 1 162 000 (1999 est.)
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| Noun | 1. |  Mogadishu - the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian OceanSomalia - a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare |
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