a former region of E Africa, between the equator and the Gulf of Aden: includes Somalia, Djibouti, and SE Ethiopia
2.
a region of N Somalia: unilaterally declared itself +independent in 1991; it functions as a separate state, but without international recognition. Capital: Hargeysa.
Somaliland in American English
(somælɪˌlænd)
region in E Africa, including NE Somalia, Djibouti, & E Ethiopia