Horn of Africa

English

the countries highlighted in green make up the Horn of Africa

Alternative forms

• HOA (initialism)

Proper noun

the Horn of Africa

1. A peninsula in East Africa, jutting into the Guardafui Channel.

   Synonyms: Horn peninsula, Horn, Horn region

Translations

peninsula in East Africa

• Afrikaans: Horing van Afrika
• Amharic: የአፍሪካ ቀንድ (yäʾäfrika ḳänd)
• Arabic: اَلْقَرْنُ الْأَفْرِيقِيّ m (al-qarnu l-ʔafrīqiyy)
• Armenian: Աֆրիկյան եղջյուր (Afrikyan eġǰyur)
• Azerbaijani: Afrika buynuzu
• Basque: Afrikako Adarra
• Belarusian: Афрыканскі Рог m (Afrykanski Roh)
• Bulgarian: Африканския рог m (Afrikanskija rog)
• Catalan: Banya d'Àfrica f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非洲之角 (zh) (Fēizhōu Zhī Jiǎo)

• Czech: Africký roh m
• Danish: Afrikas horn
• Dutch: Hoorn van Afrika (nl) m
• Esperanto: Korno de Afriko
• Estonian: Aafrika Sarv, Somaali poolsaar
• Finnish: Afrikan sarvi (fi)
• French: Corne de l’Afrique (fr) f
• Galician: Corno de África m
• Georgian: აფრიკის რქა (ka) (apriḳis rka), სომალის ნახევარკუნძული (somalis naxevarḳunʒuli)
• German: Horn von Afrika (de) n
• Greek: Κέρας της Αφρικής n (Kéras tis Afrikís)
• Hebrew: קרן אפריקה f (qéren áfrika)
• Hindi: अफ्रीका का सींग (aphrīkā kā sīṅg)
• Hungarian: Afrika szarva
• Icelandic: Horn Afríku n
• Indonesian: Tanduk Afrika
• Italian: Corno d'Africa m
• Japanese: アフリカの角 (ja) (Afurika no tsuno)
• Korean: 아프리카의 뿔 (Apeurikaui ppul)
• Latvian: Āfrikas rags m, Somālijas pussala f
• Lithuanian: Afrikos ragu m, Somalio pusiasalis m
• Macedonian: Африкански Рог m (Afrikanski Rog)
• Malay: Tanduk Afrika
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Afrikas horn n

  Nynorsk: Afrikas horn n

• Persian: شاخ آفریقا (šâx-e âfriqâ)
• Polish: Róg Afryki (pl) m, Półwysep Somalijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: Corno de África m, Chifre da África m
• Romanian: Cornul Africii m
• Russian: Африка́нский Рог (ru) m (Afrikánskij Rog)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̀фричкӣ ро̑г m, Ро̑г Африке m

  Roman: Àfričkī rȏg m, Rȏg Afrike m

• Slovak: Africký roh m
• Slovene: Afriški rog m
• Somali: Geeska Afrika
• Spanish: Cuerno de África m
• Swedish: Afrikas horn (sv) n
• Thai: จะงอยแอฟริกา (jà-ngɔɔi-ép-frí-kaa)
• Tigrinya: ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ (ḳärni ʾafriḳa)
• Turkish: Afrika Boynuzu (tr)
• Ukrainian: Африканський Ріг m (Afrykansʹkyj Rih)
• Vietnamese: Sừng châu Phi

Further reading

• Horn of Africa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia