Habeşistan

Turkish

Etymology

A combination of the Arabic name حَبَش (ḥabaš, “Abysinnia”) with the Persian suffix ـِستَان (“-stan”).

Proper noun

Habeşistan

  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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