Somalia is an English name ...?

[Shushue]

Where does the ia in Somalia come from?

Is it dhulka Somalida ?

Many countries have ia like India, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia etc

So the original name of the land was dhulka Somalida. The British called it Somalia.

 

[Ahmed_london]

Dhulka Somalida translates to somaliland

 

[Crow]

Yes, the "ia" is Latin but it will be corrected once we achieve Somaliweyn.
:siilaanyosmile:

 

[Champion]

Dhulka Somalida translates to somaliland

hate to break it to you but dhulka somalida directly translates into Jubaland