Ogadén

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Etymology

Borrowed from Somali Ogaadeen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɡaˈden/
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: O‧ga‧dén

Proper noun

Ogadén m

  1. Ogaden (a region in eastern Ethiopia)
    • 1988, Juan F. Benemelis, Castro, subversión y terrorismo en Africa, →ISBN, page 433:
      Pese a la derrota somalí en el Ogadén, el ejército etíope hallará dificultad en pacificar la región; […]
      Despite Somali defeat in the Ogaden, the Ethiopian army will find difficulties in pacifying the region; 
    • 2014, Francisco Veiga Rodríguez, Leyla Hamad Zahonero, Ignacio Gutiérrez de Terán, Yemen. La clave olvidada del mundo árabe, →ISBN, page 108:
      […] que organizó una invasión a gran escala del pedregoso desierto del Ogadén, a fin de crear la Gran Somalia.
      who organized a great-scale invasion of the rocky Ogaden desert, in order to create Greater Somalia.
    • 2019, Ma. de Lourdes González Prieto, Norma Ada Segura Landa, La crisis de Somalia, la seguridad regional en África y la seguridad internacional, →ISBN, page 1947:
      Somalia sufrió una derrota estrepitosa en la Guerra de Ogadén en marzo de 1978 al enfrentar a la artillería y apoyo aéreo cubano, y cuatro días después anunció su retirada.
      Somalia suffered a resounding defeat in the Ogaden War in March 1978 when facing Cuban artillery and air support, and four days later it announced its withdrawal.
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