English Explanatory Dictionary

Ethiopian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.
  2. A black-skinned person, especially one from Africa.
  3. A very skinny person, referencing the historic malnutrition and poverty in Ethiopia.
adj
  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.
  2. Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.

Pronunciation

/ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ən/ /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ethiopian.wav

Word forms

Ethiopian Ethiopians Æthiopian more Ethiopian most Ethiopian

Etymology

From Ethiopia + -an.

Synonyms

Ethiopic

Derived words

Ethiopian in the woodpile Ethiopian Catholic Ethiopian eggplant Ethiopianization Ethiopianize Ethiopianness Ethiopian nightshade

Translations

Afrikaans: Ethiopiër Afrikaans: Etiopiër Albanian: abisinas Amharic: አበሻ Asturian: etíope Asturian: etiope Bengali: হাবশী Catalan: etíop Czech: Etiopan Danish: etiopier Dutch: Ethiopiër Dutch: Ethiopische Esperanto: etiopo Finnish: etiopialainen French: Éthiopien Galician: etíope German: Äthiopier German: Äthiopierin Greek: Αιθίοπας Ancient Greek: Αἰθίοψ Hawaiian: ʻAikiopa Hindi: हब्शी Hindi: हबशी Hindi: हबसी Hindi: हबशिन Hungarian: etióp Hungarian: etiópiai Italian: etiopico Italian: etiopica Italian: etiope Kazakh: эфиоп Malay: Habsyi Marathi: इथियोपियन Norwegian Bokmål: etiopier Norwegian Nynorsk: etiopiar Old English: Siġelhearwa Polish: Etiopczyk Polish: Etiopka Portuguese: etíope Punjabi: ਇਥੋਪੀਆਈ Romanian: etiopian Romanian: etiopiană Russian: эфио́п Russian: эфио́пка Serbo-Croatian: Етио́пљанин Serbo-Croatian: Етиопљанка Serbo-Croatian: Etiópljanin Serbo-Croatian: Etiopljanka Spanish: etíope Spanish: etiopio Spanish: etiopiano (disused) Swahili: Mhabeshi Swedish: etiopier Tagalog: Etiyope Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያዊ Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያዊት Turkish: Etiyopyalı Ukrainian: ефіо́п Ukrainian: ефіо́пка Ukrainian: етіо́п Ukrainian: етіо́пка
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