Djibouti
/dʒəˈbuːtɪ/(亦作Jibuti)
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- a country on the NE coast of Africa; pop. 724,600 (est. 2009); languages, Arabic (official), French (official), Somali and other Cushitic languages.吉布提(非洲东北海岸国家, 2009年估计人口724,600; 语言阿拉伯语、法语、索马里语和其他库希特语, 其中阿拉伯语和法语为官方语言)。
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- the capital of Djibouti, a port at the western end of the Gulf of Aden; pop. 583,000 (est. 2007).吉布提(市)(吉布提首都, 亚丁湾西端港口, 2007年估计人口583,000)。
The territory became a French protectorate under the name of French Somaliland in 1897. It was renamed the French Territory of the Afars and Issas in 1946, the Afars and the Issas forming the two main ethnic groups. In 1977 the country achieved independence as the Republic of Djibouti.
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