Editing Horn of Africa (section)

==Names==
The peninsula has been known by various names. [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greeks]] and [[Roman Empire|Romans]] referred to it as [[Aromata|Regio Aromatica]] or Regio Cinnamonifora after the aromatic plants found there, or as Regio Incognita for its poor coverage by classical Mediterranean cartography. In ancient and medieval times, the Horn of Africa was referred to as the [[Barbara (region)|Bilad al Barbar]] ("Land of the Berbers").<ref name="auto2">J. D. Fage, Roland Oliver, Roland Anthony Oliver, ''The Cambridge History of Africa'', (Cambridge University Press: 1977), p.190</ref><ref name="auto">[[George Wynn Brereton Huntingford]], Agatharchides, ''The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea: With Some Extracts from Agatharkhidēs "On the Erythraean Sea"'', (Hakluyt Society: 1980), p.83</ref><ref name="auto1"/> It is also known as the Somali Peninsula, or in the Somali language as ''Geeska Afrika or'' ''Jasiiradda Soomaali''.<ref>Ciise, Jaamac Cumar. Taariikhdii daraawiishta iyo Sayid Maxamad Cabdille Xasan, 1895–1920. JC Ciise, 2005.</ref> In other local languages it is called "Horn of Africa" or the "African Horn": in [[Amharic]] የአፍሪካ ቀንድ ''yäafrika qänd,'' in [[Arabic]] القرن الأفريقي ''al-qarn al-'afrīqī'', in [[Oromo language|Oromo]] ''Gaanfaa Afrikaa'', and in [[Tigrinya language|Tigrinya]] ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ''q'ärnī afīrīqa''.<ref name="Teklehaimanot, Hailay Kidu 2015">Teklehaimanot, Hailay Kidu. "A Mobile Based Tigrigna Language Learning Tool." International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) 9.2 (2015): 50–53.</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Schmidt |first1=Johannes Dragsbaek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4rqXDwAAQBAJ&q=Horn+of+Africa+HOA&pg=PA34 |title=Refugees and Forced Migration in the Horn and Eastern Africa: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities |last2=Kimathi |first2=Leah |last3=Owiso |first3=Michael Omondi |date=13 May 2019 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-030-03721-5 |language=en}}</ref>