AtlasSomaliaMogadishuOne word pinned hereMogadishu2.0392°N 45.3419°E · Q2449One English word in this atlas traces back to Mogadishu. It sits in Somalia.ShareAll of Somalia Pinned hereMogadishu linenoun · 1990sProbableOne firefight in Somalia gave peacekeeping doctrine a boundary and a name.The American raid in Mogadishu in October 1993 cost eighteen US lives and helped bring the United Nations mission there to an end. British commanders in Bosnia took the city's name for the threshold they intended not to cross, and the phrase spread through military and policy writing over the rest of the decade.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinsmochaAl-Mukha, Yemen1,275 kmdiscuss UgandaUganda, Uganda1,442 kmtanzaniteTanzania, Tanzania1,489 kmWest Nile virusWest Nile, Uganda1,575 km