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djibouti

UK/d͡ʒɪˈbuːtiː/US/d͡ʒɪˈbuːtiː/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,696 of 15,258mostly written

Djibouti is a tiny country on the Horn of Africa, guarding the gate of the Red Sea. The port of Djibouti, the Djibouti coast, sail past Djibouti.

Almost every ship between Europe and Asia passes its shore, which is why so many foreign armies keep a base in Djibouti despite its size. The capital city carries the same name as the country.

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Definitions of djibouti

  1. 1noundjiboutiTiny Horn-of-Africa country guarding the Red Sea's gate.C1

    “Ships bound for the Suez Canal squeeze past Djibouti.”

djibouti is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. aa

    gabouti — plate

  2. French

    Djibouti

  3. English

    Djibouti

  4. English, today

    djibouti

Built from

  • gabood · aa — plateau

Djibouti unknown; the country of Djibouti was named after its capital city, Possibly borrowed from French Djibouti. Multiple theories exist as to the origin of the lemma, including derivation from aa gabouti (“plate”) or gabood (“plateau”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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