摩加迪沙

Mójiādíshā

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Meanings

1 Mogadishu (capital and largest city of Somalia)

Characters

to rub (used for 'Mo' sound)

to add (used for 'ga' sound)

to enlighten (used for 'di' sound)

sand (used for 'sha' sound)

Examples

摩加迪沙是索马里的首都。

Mójiādíshā shì Suǒmǎlǐ de shǒudū.

Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia.

他被派到摩加迪沙执行维和任务。

Tā bèi pài dào Mójiādíshā zhíxíng wéihé rènwù.

He was sent to Mogadishu on a peacekeeping mission.

Tips

culture

摩加迪沙 (Mogadishu) sits on the Indian Ocean coast and has been a Swahili-Arab trading port for over a millennium. Western audiences know it from the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, depicted in the film 《黑鹰坠落》 (Hēi Yīng Zhuìluò, Black Hawk Down).

Stroke Order

摩 mó

加 jiā

迪 dí

沙 shā