horn of africa

1. 1.

   a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia

   SynonymsSomali peninsula

   Broaderpeninsula

   Part ofAfrica

   PartsDjiboutiEritreaEthiopiaSomalia

   Africa

Questions about horn of africa

What does horn of africa mean?

horn of africa means "a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia".

What is another word for horn of africa?

Close synonyms include Somali peninsula. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is horn of africa a common word?

horn of africa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.