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Abyssinia en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪ.nɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌæ.bəˈsɪn.jə/ weak vowel merger
• /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪn.jə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪ.ni.ə/ (General-American)
• /ˌæ.bəˈsɪ.ni.ə/ weak vowel merger

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin Abyssīnī (“the Abyssinians”), from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša), from حَبَش (ḥabaš, “Abyssinian”). The humorous use of Abyssinia as a parting phrase is due to its phonetic resemblance to I'll be seeing ya.

Meanings

1. (dated, not-comparable) Ethiopian; Eritrean; Abyssinian.

Forms

Abyssinia en · INTJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪ.nɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌæ.bəˈsɪn.jə/ weak vowel merger
• /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪn.jə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪ.ni.ə/ (General-American)
• /ˌæ.bəˈsɪ.ni.ə/ weak vowel merger

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin Abyssīnī (“the Abyssinians”), from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša), from حَبَش (ḥabaš, “Abyssinian”). The humorous use of Abyssinia as a parting phrase is due to its phonetic resemblance to I'll be seeing ya.

Meanings

1. (dated, humorous) Expression of farewell: I’ll be seeing ya.

Forms

Abyssinia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪ.nɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌæ.bəˈsɪn.jə/ weak vowel merger
• /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪn.jə/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪ.ni.ə/ (General-American)
• /ˌæ.bəˈsɪ.ni.ə/ weak vowel merger

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin Abyssīnī (“the Abyssinians”), from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša), from حَبَش (ḥabaš, “Abyssinian”). The humorous use of Abyssinia as a parting phrase is due to its phonetic resemblance to I'll be seeing ya.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

Abyssinian

Synonyms

Abassia

Translations (49)

he חבש (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · fa حبشه (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · io Abisinia (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · gv Yn Abysseen (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · xsa but see 𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩩 (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · gez but see ሐበሠት (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · sh Абесинија (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · fi Abessinia (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ar الْحَبَشَة (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ur حبش (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ug ھەبەشىستان (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · az Həbəşistan (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ru Абисси́ния (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · cs Habeš (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · am አቢሲንያ (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ko 아비시니아 (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · pt Abissínia (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · sh Abisinija (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · cmn 阿比西尼亞 /阿比西尼亚 (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · hi हबस (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · uk Абіссі́нія (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · nl Abessinië (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · tg Ҳабашистон (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · uz Habashiston (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · sv Abessinien (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · da Abessinien (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · fr Abyssinie (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · bg Абиси́ния (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · sh Abesinija (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · sh Абисинија (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · pl Abisynia (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ja アビシニア (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · tl Abisinya (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · es Abisinia (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · de Abessinien (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · hi हबश (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · el Αβησσυνία (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ota but see حبش (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · nn Abessinia (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · de Habesch (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · tr Habeşistan (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ro Abisinia (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ga An Aibisín (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · hy Հաբեշստան (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · xsa 𐩱𐩢𐩨𐩦 (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ca Abissínia (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · nb Abessinia (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · hu Abesszínia (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century) · ms but see Habsyah (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)