Ethiopia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A country in East Africa.
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.
Sub-Saharan Africa, especially the parts south of Egypt and along and east of the Nile.

Pronunciation

/ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/ /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Ethiopia.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Ethiopia.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ethiopia.wav

Word forms

Ethiopia Æthiopia

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”).

Related words

Addis Ababa Abyssinia Countries of the world

Translations

Afar: Itiyoppiya Afrikaans: Ethiopië Albanian: Etiopi Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ Arabic: أَثِيُوبِيَا Arabic: إِثِيُوبِيَا Arabic: أثيوبيا Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܘܼܫ Armenian: Եթովպիա Asturian: Etiopía Avar: Хӏабаши Azerbaijani: Efiopiya Balinese: Éthiopia Belarusian: Эфіо́пія Bengali: ইথিওপিয়া Betawi: Habsi Betawi: Ètiopi Breton: Etiopia Bulgarian: Етио́пия Burmese: အီသီယိုးပီးယား Carpathian Rusyn: Етіо́пія Catalan: Etiòpia Chechen: Эфиопи Chechen: Хьабашийчоь Chinese Mandarin: 埃塞俄比亞 /埃塞俄比亚 West Circassian: Эфиопие Czech: Etiopie Danish: Etiopien Dhivehi: ޙަބުޝްކަރަ Dinka: Ethiopia Dutch: Ethiopië Esperanto: Etiopio Esperanto: Etiopujo Estonian: Etioopia Farefare: Etiopia Faroese: Etiopia Finnish: Etiopia French: Éthiopie Galician: Etiopía Georgian: ეთიოპია German: Äthiopien Greek: Αιθιοπία Ancient Greek: Αἰθιοπία Gujarati: ઇથિયોપિયા Hausa: Habashà Hausa: Itofiya

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