Definitions
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- noun A member of a large
clan ofSomalia .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Gedi is from the other major clan, the Hawiye, which is dominant in
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Gedi is from the other major clan, the Hawiye, which is dominant in
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Gedi and senior members of the Islamic group are members of the same clan, the Hawiye, which is one of the country's biggest and dominates Mogadishu, the capital.
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Gedi is from the other major clan, the Hawiye, which is dominant in
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Her family had fewer cows than the Hawiye milk maids, but they were much fatter and more patient.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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Her family had fewer cows than the Hawiye milk maids, but they were much fatter and more patient.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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"It is a source of oxygen, as important to us as the water we drink," said Mohamed Hassan Haad, a senior figure in the powerful Hawiye clan.
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Her family had fewer cows than the Hawiye milk maids, but they were much fatter and more patient.
Nomad Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010
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Somali fi sherman started out trying to deter illegal dumping and fi shing and graduated from attacking vessels to seizing them for ransom, with the Hawiye clan, based around Haradere in central Somalia, emerging as the dominant group of pirates in 2004.
David Isenberg: There is More Than One Way to Use a Maritime PSC 2010
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Somali fi sherman started out trying to deter illegal dumping and fi shing and graduated from attacking vessels to seizing them for ransom, with the Hawiye clan, based around Haradere in central Somalia, emerging as the dominant group of pirates in 2004.
David Isenberg: There is More Than One Way to Use a Maritime PSC 2010
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