Eritrea en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɛɾɪˈtɾe.ə/ (Scotland)
- /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹɛjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˌɛɾɪˈtɾi.ə/ (Scotland)
- /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌeɹəˈtɹæɪ.ə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˌeɹəˈtɹiː.ə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹi.ə/ (General-American)
- /ˌɛɾɪˈtɾiː.ə/ (Wales)
- (UK) audio
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- /ˌɛɾɪˈtɾeː.ə/ (Wales)
- /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/ (General-American)
- /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹɪjə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹiː.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Italian colonia Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós Proto-Hellenic *erutʰrós Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós) Ancient Greek ἐρυθραῖος (eruthraîos)lbor. Latin erythraeus Italian eritreo Italian eritrea Italian la Colonia eritreaellip. Italian (l')Eritreabor. English Eritrea Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
Meanings
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A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara. ▸ The modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s).
Close to the border with Eritrea, its ethereal, Martian landscape sits within the Danakil Depression.
2025 April 22, Joe Minihane, “24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2025:
- (historical) A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara. ▸ A former province of or in union with Ethiopia.
- (from 1890, historical) A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara. ▸ A former colony of Italy.
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Italian Eritrea · Countries of the world · Asmara
Translations (94)
luy Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · ms Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · nrf Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · mk Еритре́ја (country in Eastern Africa) · es Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · hu Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · mr एरिट्रेया (country in Eastern Africa) · sk Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · da Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · fi Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · et Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · ja エリトリア (country in Eastern Africa) · ro Eritreea (country in Eastern Africa) · nl Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · chr ᎡᎵᏟᏯ (country in Eastern Africa) · sh Еритре́ја (country in Eastern Africa) · br Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · si එරිත්රියාව (country in Eastern Africa) · be Эрытрэ́я (country in Eastern Africa) · ur ارتریا (country in Eastern Africa) · tr Eritre (country in Eastern Africa) · tg Эритрея (country in Eastern Africa) · th เอริเทรีย (country in Eastern Africa) · yi עריטרעאַ (country in Eastern Africa) · szl Erytryja (country in Eastern Africa) · vi Ê-ri-tơ-rê-a (country in Eastern Africa) · mt Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · sq Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · eo Eritreo (country in Eastern Africa) · luo Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · ta எரித்திரியா (country in Eastern Africa) · mer Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · sw Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · pl Erytrea (country in Eastern Africa) · af Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · km អេរីត្រេ (country in Eastern Africa) · uk Еритре́я (country in Eastern Africa) · mn Эритрей (country in Eastern Africa) · ko 에리트레아 (country in Eastern Africa) · cs Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · ky Эритрея (country in Eastern Africa) · my အီရီထရီးယား (country in Eastern Africa) · lo ເອຣີເຕຣ (country in Eastern Africa) · ast Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · sl Eritrêja (country in Eastern Africa) · nb Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · sh Eritréja (country in Eastern Africa) · fr Érythrée (country in Eastern Africa) · ru Эритре́я (country in Eastern Africa) · sv Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · ia Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · vo Leritreyän (country in Eastern Africa) · ti ኤርትራ (country in Eastern Africa) · bo ཨི་རི་ཏྲའ (country in Eastern Africa) · ar إِرِتْرِيَا (country in Eastern Africa) · ps اریتره (country in Eastern Africa) · ki Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · ka ერიტრეა (country in Eastern Africa) · el Ερυθραία (country in Eastern Africa) · wal Erttera (country in Eastern Africa) · ga An Eiritré (country in Eastern Africa) · frp Èritrê (country in Eastern Africa) · gl Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · it Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · ug ئېرىترېيە (country in Eastern Africa) · is Erítrea (country in Eastern Africa) · ca Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · az Eritreya (country in Eastern Africa) · uz Eritreya (country in Eastern Africa) · he אֶרִיתְרֵאָה (country in Eastern Africa) · tt Эритрея (country in Eastern Africa) · lv Eritreja (country in Eastern Africa) · bn ইরিত্রিয়া (country in Eastern Africa) · hy Էրիտրեա (country in Eastern Africa) · de Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · dv އެރިތުރިއާ (country in Eastern Africa) · tl Eritreya (country in Eastern Africa) · kam Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · cmn 厄立特里亞 (country in Eastern Africa) · tk Eritreýa (country in Eastern Africa) · mi Eritēria (country in Eastern Africa) · kln Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · kk Эритрея (country in Eastern Africa) · am ኤርትራ (country in Eastern Africa) · bg Еритре́я (country in Eastern Africa) · lt Eritrėja (country in Eastern Africa) · ha Eriteria (country in Eastern Africa) · id Eritrea (country in Eastern Africa) · hi इरिट्रिया (country in Eastern Africa) · pt Eritreia (country in Eastern Africa) · fa اریتره (country in Eastern Africa) · sgs Eritrėjė (country in Eastern Africa) · ur اریٹریا (country in Eastern Africa) · ha Iritiriya (country in Eastern Africa)