摩加迪沙

The capital of Mogadishu (Somalia) is written in Chinese as 摩加迪沙. In Mandarin Chinese, this is pronounced Mó jiā dí shā — a phonetic rendering that follows standard transliteration conventions used in Chinese media and official documents.

Character-by-character pronunciation

摩加迪沙 is written with 4 characters: 摩 (Mó), 加 (jiā), 迪 (dí), 沙 (shā). Each character represents one syllable of the phonetic approximation of Mogadishu.