Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Somali /(sō̇*mä"lē̇)/ · So·ma·li · IPA /soʊˈmɑːli/ 01 n. A Hamitic people of East Central Africa. 1. A Hamitic people of East Central Africa.(Ethnol.) 2. of or pertaining to Somalia or to the inhabitants of Somalia.