Abissinia

See also: abissínia and Abissínia

English

Proper noun

Abissinia

  1. Archaic form of Abyssinia.

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Italian

Etymology

From New Latin, from Arabic حَبَشَة (ḥabaša), from حَبَش (ḥabaš, “Abyssinian”).

Proper noun

Abissinia f

  1. (historical) Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century)

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