1. Mogadishu - Noun
2. Mogadishu - Proper noun
the capital and largest city of Somalia; a port on the Indian Ocean
Source: WordNetAccording to Mogadishu Port manager Abdullahi Ali Nur, the delegates along with local Somali officials received reports on the port's functions as part of the rebuilding project's planning stages. Source: Internet
A convert narrow-gauge railway was laid from Mogadishu to Jowhar. Source: Internet
According to I.M. Lewis, the polity was governed by local dynasties, who also ruled over the similarly-established Sultanate of Mogadishu in the littoral Benadir region to the south. Source: Internet
After the Islamists split into two groups, moderate Islamists led by Sheikh Ahmed signed a UN backed peace deal with the TFG and established a larger government in Mogadishu. Source: Internet
Along with other armed opposition groups, they drove out President Mohamed Siad Barre 's regime from Somalia 's capital Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War that broke out in the early 1990s. Source: Internet
Although de facto independent and relatively stable compared to the tumultuous south, it has not been recognized by any foreign government. citation citation Prior to the civil war, Mogadishu was known as the "White pearl of the Indian Ocean ". Source: Internet