Ethiopia
English
Alternative forms
- Æthiopia (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin Aethiopia, from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía), from Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops), of Proto-Hellenic origin. Displaced native Old English Siġelhearwena land (literally “land of the sun worshippers”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊpiə
Audio (UK): (file) - Hyphenation: E‧thi‧o‧pi‧a
Proper noun
Ethiopia
- A country in East Africa.
- 1991, Tesfaye Tesemma, “Improvement of indigenous durum wheat landraces in Ethiopia” in Plant Genetic Resources of Ethiopia, 288:
- Wheat has been and continues to be one of the most important cereal crops in Ethiopia in terms of both area under cultivation and production.
- The Ethiopian Empire, from c. 1270 to 1974; Abyssinia.
- Italian Ethiopia, from 1936 to 1941.
- Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia, from 1974 to 1987; Derg.
- The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, since 1987.
- 1991, Tesfaye Tesemma, “Improvement of indigenous durum wheat landraces in Ethiopia” in Plant Genetic Resources of Ethiopia, 288:
- (historical) Sub-Saharan Africa, especially the parts south of Egypt and along and east of the Nile.
- 1553, Richard Eden, A treatyse of the newe India, unnumbered:
- The Diamande is engendred in the mynes of India, Ethiopia, Arabia, Macedonia, and Cyprus, and in the golde mynes of the same countries.
- 1858, George Leighton Ditson, The Para Papers on France, Egypt and Ethiopia, page 243:
- The Greeks denominated this region of the country, undefined in its limits, Ethiopia or the ‘land of black faces’; the people we call Nubians, are by the Arabs comprehended under the general name of Baraba, and if you enter the bureau of a merchant, or the mansion of a wealthy personage at Cairo or Alexandria, you will be pretty sure to find the atendants to be Berberees.
Hypernyms
Descendants
- → Gujarati: ઇથિયોપિયા (ithiyopiyā)
- → Hindi: इथियोपिया (ithiyopiyā)
- → Korean: 에티오피아 (etiopia)
- → Navajo: Iithiyópya
- → Yoruba: Ìtíópíà
Translations
country in Eastern Africa
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Sub-Saharan Africa (historical)
See also
- Addis Ababa
- Abyssinia
- Countries of the world
- Ethiopia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
countries in Africa (appendix)edit
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republic of the Congo
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Western Sahara
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Dinka
Etymology
Proper noun
Ethiopia
- Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)
Old English
Proper noun
Ethiopia m
-
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
- Đes ylca apostol and godspellere becōm, þurh Godes sande, æfter Drihtnes upstiġe tō heofenum, tō Ethiopian, þæt is ðǣra Silhearwena rīce, and ġemette þǣr tweġen drȳmen, Zoroes and Arfaxað, dweliende þæt folc mid heora drȳcræfte.
- After the Lord's ascension to heaven, this same apostle and evangelist arrived in Ethiopia, that is, Silhearwena rice, through God's sending, where he met two sorcerers, Zoroes and Arfaxath, who were leading the people astray with their sorcery.
- Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ethiopia | — |
| accusative | Ethiopian | — |
| genitive | Ethiopian | — |
| dative | Ethiopian | — |
Portuguese
Proper noun
Ethiopia f
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Etiópia.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Proper noun
Ethiopia
- Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
- Afrika Kusini
- Algeria ~ Aljeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Chad ~ Chadi
- Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
- Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
- Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
- Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
- Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
- Jibuti ~ Djibouti
- Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
- Kenya
- Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaska, Bukini
- Malawi, Unyasa
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Misri, Umisri
- Morisi
- Moroko ~ Maroko
- Msumbiji, Mozambik
- Mtakatifu Helena
- Namibia
- Niger ~ Nijeri
- Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
- Rwanda ~ Ruanda
- Réunion
- Sahara ya Magharibi
- Sao Tome na Principe
- Senegal ~ Senegali
- Shelisheli
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Kusini
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Uswazi, Swaziland
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Welsh
Proper noun
Ethiopia f
- Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)
- (historical) Ethiopia (sub-Saharan Africa, especially the parts south of Egypt and along and east of the Nile)
Related terms
- Amhareg (“Amharic language”)
- Ethiopaidd (“Etgiopian”, adjective)
- Ethiopeg (“Ethiopic language”)
- Ethiopiad (“Ethiopian”, noun)
See also
- Angola
- Algeria
- Benin
- Botswana
- Bwrcina Ffaso
- Bwrwndi
- Cabo Verde
- Camerŵn
- Cenia
- De Affrica
- De Swdan
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gini
- Gini Bisaw
- Gini Gyhydeddol
- Gorllewin Sahara
- Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
- Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
- Gweriniaeth y Congo
- Jibwti
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libia
- Madagasgar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mawrisiws
- Mawritania
- Moroco
- Mosambic
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sambia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- Swdan
- São Tomé a Príncipe
- Tansania
- Tiwnisia
- Togo
- Tsiad
- Wganda
- y Comoros
- y Seychelles
- y Traeth Ifori
- yr Aifft
References
- Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN