Puntland should change it's name

[Juke]

It was Majeerteenia before Abdullahi Yusuf and co. changed it to be more inclusive

 

[Ayubi]

Azaaniya or Daludug are the best alternatives. maybe get rid of land land and just Punt State. Punt by itself is good. Maybe the North can take Punt if you guys give up that name

Punt sounds like the "We wuz" crowd and it's cringe, so is "land"

Daludug sounds nice though

 

[Octavian]

We should change our name, Puntland is an ugly name. Let's change it to Dal udug or some other Somali name. Who agrees?

Just Punt would be nice or the region of Punt sounds nice

 

[Mozart]

Puntite from the Majeerteen Sultanate sounds good

 

[Shmurda]

Majerteeniya would be ideal but puntland works too and we have to respect the other qabiils living with us

 

[Ayubi]

Puntite from the Majeerteen Sultanate sounds good

We have other clans living in Puntland, not just MJ. That would exclude non MJ tribes.

 

[AbdiGeedi]

Just Punt would be nice or the region of Punt sounds nice

I second Punt.

-land is too colonial sounding ending.

The real question is how we would rename Somaliland!

 

[Pipit]

Puntite is probably the cringiest demonym I’ve ever heard


you don’t see modern day sudanese people calling themselves “Kushites” or Tigrayans calling themselves “Axumites”

 

[Ayubi]

Waqooyi Bari of what? You can't name yourself based on your position to others. Dal Udug sounds African to me and African is not marketable.

What if it sounds African? We need a name that sounds good and official, also in Somali, who cares about Ajnabis?

 

[SomaliWadaniSoldier]

I second Punt.
-land is too colonial sounding ending.

The real question is how we would rename Somaliland!

Isaaqistan?

 

[AbdiGeedi]

-stan is an Indo-European word meaning home or stead.

 

[SomaliWadaniSoldier]

-stan is an Indo-European word meaning home or stead.

we can disagree on -Stan, -ia or -land but it must include Isaaq

 

[AbdiGeedi]

Somalia + Somalia (former Somaliland) = Somalia

I like that.

 

[AbdiGeedi]

....but it must include Isaaq

Qabil-based names should be avoided. They just solidify divisions.

 

[Hassan Garguute Buldanana]

Jamhuriyada Geeska Africa

Horn of Africa republic


Or Daludug

 

[Ayubi]

Jamhuriyada Geeska Africa

Horn of Africa republic


Or Daludug

Daludug

 

[Cabdi]

move the capital to Cape Guardafui and call it Guardafuia

 

[Ayubi]

move the capital to Cape Guardafui and call it Guardafuia

So far, Waqooyi Bari and Daludug are the only good names

 

[Cabdi]

So far, Waqooyi Bari and Daludug are the only good names

Puntland is fine for now, we should consider a new name after we get independence

 

[Som]

We should change our name, Puntland is an ugly name. Let's change it to Dal udug or some other Somali name. Who agrees?

I agree. We aren't even sure if punt was in modern day puntland or not. According to most scholars the land of punt was between Eritrea, Somaliland and Ethiopia.
Dal Udug is nice, other federal states should change names.
Jubbaland could just be named jubba ,no need to ad land to everything.