Editing Somaliland (section)

== Etymology ==
{{see also|Somalis#Etymology}}
[[File:Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova (1895) (18411100885).jpg|thumb|Map of Somaliland in the 19th century]]

The name ''Somaliland'' is derived from two words: "[[Somalis|Somali]]" and "land". The area was named when [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] took control from the [[Khedivate of Egypt|Egyptian administration]] in 1884, after signing successive treaties with the ruling Somali Sultans from the [[Isaaq]], [[Issa (clan)|Issa]], [[Gadabursi]], and [[Warsangali]] clans. The British established a [[protectorate]] in the region referred to as [[British Somaliland]]. In 1960, when the protectorate became [[Independence Day (State of Somaliland)|independent]] from Britain, it was called the [[State of Somaliland]]. Five days later, on 1 July 1960, Somaliland united with the [[Trust Territory of Somaliland| Trust Territory of Somaliland under Italian Administration]] (the former [[Italian Somaliland]]). The name "Republic of Somaliland" was adopted upon the [[Somaliland Declaration of Independence|declaration of independence]] following the [[Somali Civil War]] in 1991.<ref name="const">{{cite web |title = The Constitution of the Republic of Somaliland |publisher = Government of Somaliland |date = 1 May 2001 |url = http://www.chr.up.ac.za/undp/domestic/docs/c_Somaliland.pdf |access-date = 2 February 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120227110751/http://www.chr.up.ac.za/undp/domestic/docs/c_Somaliland.pdf |archive-date = 27 February 2012 }}</ref>

At the Grand conference in [[Burao]] held in 1991, many names for the country were suggested, including ''Puntland'', in reference to Somaliland's location in the ancient [[Land of Punt]] and which is now the name of the [[Puntland]] state in neighbouring Somalia, and ''Shankaroon'', meaning "better than five" in [[Somali language|Somali]], in reference to the five regions of [[Greater Somalia]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Walls|first=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nPv0SAAACAAJ|title=Peace in Somaliland: An Indigenous Approach to State-building: Burao, Borama, and Sanaag Conferences|publisher=Academy for Peace and Development (APD)|year=2008|page=38}}</ref>