Djibouti

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

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪˈbuːtiː/
• enPR: jǐbo͞oʹtē, jēbo͞otēʹ^[1]
• Rhymes: -uːti

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Djibouti

2. A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of Djibouti.

   Hypernym: Subsahara

   Holonym: Horn of Africa

   • 2025 May 22, Haley Britzky, Priscilla Alvarez and Natasha Bertrand, “Deported migrant detainees are holding at a US Naval base in Djibouti amid court fight, officials say”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The US officials added that that the situation has angered Djiboutian government officials, and that the US military in Djibouti has messaged back to Washington “significant concerns” over keeping the detainees there and the possible impact on military relations.

4. The capital city of Djibouti.
   • 1899 April 8, “Notes”, in Saturday Review‎^[3], volume 87, number 2267, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 418, column 1:

     The French have been having a great deal of trouble at Djibouti with a tribe of the interior, the Issas, who are vehemently opposed to the progress of the railway through their country. Throughout the first half of March, raids were incessant on parties in and about the town itself. A detachment of marines was sent out and restored peace, at all events for the moment. In the meantime fifty Hausas from the Ivory Coast are on their way to form a nucleus of a permanent garrison at Djibouti, and their sergeant is no less a person than Koulery the brother of Behanzin late King of Dahomey.

• Djiboutian

• Countries of the world

• IPA^(key): (Central) [d͡ʒiˈβu.ti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [d͡ʒiˈbu.ti]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Djibouti m

1. Djibouti (a country in East Africa)

Djibouti f

1. Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)

From French Djibouti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒibuti/, [ˈdʒibut̪i]
• Rhymes: -ibuti
• Syllabification^(key): Dji‧bou‧ti
• Hyphenation^(key): Dji‧bou‧ti

Djibouti

1. Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
2. Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)

• IPA^(key): /dʒi.bu.ti/

• Audio:

  (file)

Djibouti m

1. Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
   • 1935, “File:Troops Djibouti 1935.jpg”, in Wikimedia Commons‎^[4]:

     Débarquement de troupes françaises dans le port de Djibouti.

     Landing of French troops in the port of Djibouti.

2. Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)

Djibouti

1. Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
2. Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)

• djiboutier
• djiboutisk

Djibouti

1. Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
2. Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)

• djiboutiar
• djiboutisk

• Jibuti

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Djibouti

1. Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
2. Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)

• IPA^(key): /djɪˈbuːtɪ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Djibouti n (genitive Djiboutis)

1. Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
2. Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)

• djiboutier
• djiboutisk
• djiboutiska

• Djibouti in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH