Berbera

American  

[bur-ber-uh] / ˈbɜr bər ə /

noun

1. a seaport in Somalia, on the Gulf of Aden: former capital of British Somaliland.

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Berbera British  

/ ˈbɜːbərə /

noun

1. a port in N Somalia, (in the separatist area called Somaliland), on the Gulf of Aden. Pop: about 200 000 (2000 est)

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Example Sentences

Somaliland says its recognition by Israel could be a boon for its Berbera port.

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Berbera port on the Gulf of Aden has been transformed by the United Arab Emirates firm DP World over the past decade into a state-of-the-art facility on one of the world's busiest trade routes.

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Berbera still handles far fewer containers than nearby Djibouti or Mombasa, but port traffic was up 30 percent from 2023 to 2025, and recent diplomatic moves could lead to much more.

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The UAE, which has already been targeted this weekend by Iranian missiles, not only runs Berbera port, but has a nearby military base that it has recently expanded.

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In Berbera, a peaceful but little-developed city of 70,000, the atmosphere remains optimistic.

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