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Ethiopia en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˌiːθiˈəʊ.pi.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˌi.θeˈo.pe.ə/ (Scotland)
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• /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/ (General-American)
• /ˌiːθiːˈoːpi.ə/ (Wales)
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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”).

Meanings

1. A country in East Africa.
   • The death toll from two landslides in a remote region of southern Ethiopia on Monday has risen to 229, according to local authorities. 2024 July 23, Nimi Princewill, Mek Tekeste and Louis Mian, “More than 200 dead in southern Ethiopia landslides”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2024:
   • Wheat has been and continues to be one of the most important cereal crops in Ethiopia in terms of both area under cultivation and production. 1991, Tesfaye Tesemma, “Improvement of indigenous durum wheat landraces in Ethiopia” in Plant Genetic Resources of Ethiopia, 288
2. A country in East Africa. ▸ The Ethiopian Empire, from c. 1270 to 1974; Abyssinia.
3. A country in East Africa. ▸ Italian Ethiopia, from 1936 to 1941.
4. A country in East Africa. ▸ Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia, from 1974 to 1987; Derg.
5. A country in East Africa. ▸ The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, since 1987.
6. (historical) Sub-Saharan Africa, especially the parts south of Egypt and along and east of the Nile.
   • The Diamande is engendred in the mynes of India, Ethiopia, Arabia, Macedonia, and Cyprus, and in the golde mynes of the same countries. 1553, Richard Eden, A treatyse of the newe India, unnumbered:
   • The Greeks denominated this region of the country, undefined in its limits, Ethiopia or the ‘land of black faces’; the people we call Nubians, are by the Arabs comprehended under the general name of Baraba, and if you enter the bureau of a merchant, or the mansion of a wealthy personage at Cairo or Alexandria, you will be pretty sure to find the atendants to be Berberees. 1858, George Leighton Ditson, The Para Papers on France, Egypt and Ethiopia, page 243:

Forms

Deriveds

Ethiopist

Descendants

Iithiyópya · 에티오피아 · Ìtíópíà · इथियोपिया · ઇથિયોપિયા

Hypernyms

Subsahara · Horn

Relateds

Addis Ababa · Abyssinia · Countries of the world

Translations (154)

ban Éthiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · la Aethiopia (Sub-Saharan Africa (historical)) · koi Итьоппья (country in Eastern Africa) · uk Ефіо́пія (country in Eastern Africa) · et Etioopia (country in Eastern Africa) · pa ਇਥੋਪੀਆ (country in Eastern Africa) · ha Habashà (country in Eastern Africa) · sq Etiopi (country in Eastern Africa) · ady Эфиопие (country in Eastern Africa) · sw Uhabeshi (country in Eastern Africa) · hsb Etiopiska (country in Eastern Africa) · ce Эфиопи (country in Eastern Africa) · wo Ecoopi (country in Eastern Africa) · is Etíópía (country in Eastern Africa) · it Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · ia Ethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · am ኢትዮጵያ (country in Eastern Africa) · aa Itiyoppiya (country in Eastern Africa) · af Ethiopië (country in Eastern Africa) · ur ایتھوپیا (country in Eastern Africa) · uz Efiopiya (country in Eastern Africa) · km អេត្យូពី (country in Eastern Africa) · lv Etiopija (country in Eastern Africa) · szl Etjopijo (country in Eastern Africa) · kbp Etiyoopii (country in Eastern Africa) · cs Etiopie (country in Eastern Africa) · aii ܟܘܼܫ (country in Eastern Africa) · br Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · tr Etiyopya (country in Eastern Africa) · te ఇథియోపియా (country in Eastern Africa) · cmn 埃塞俄比亞 /埃塞俄比亚 (country in Eastern Africa) · sk Etiópia (country in Eastern Africa) · lt Nilo Etiopija (Sub-Saharan Africa (historical)) · es Etiopía (country in Eastern Africa) · yo Ìtíópíà (country in Eastern Africa) · kk Эфиопия (country in Eastern Africa) · ar إِثِيُوبِيَا (country in Eastern Africa) · mer Ethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · ast Etiopía (country in Eastern Africa) · hy Եթովպիա (country in Eastern Africa) · mt l-Etjopja (country in Eastern Africa) · ca Etiòpia (country in Eastern Africa) · eo Etiopio (country in Eastern Africa) · haw ʻAikiopa (country in Eastern Africa) · vi Ê-ti-ô-pi-a (country in Eastern Africa) · ro Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · gu ઇથિયોપિયા (country in Eastern Africa) · tr Etyopya (country in Eastern Africa) · ru Эфио́пия (country in Eastern Africa) · ta எத்தியோப்பியா (country in Eastern Africa) · bew Habsi (country in Eastern Africa) · pl Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · jv Éthiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · gur Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · nrf Êthiopie (country in Eastern Africa) · kln Ethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · grc Αἰθιοπία (country in Eastern Africa) · se Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · ms Abessinia (country in Eastern Africa) · de Äthiopien (country in Eastern Africa) · my အီသီယိုးပီးယား (country in Eastern Africa) · ur حبشستان (country in Eastern Africa) · ang Siġelhearwena land (country in Eastern Africa) · yi עטיאָפּיע (country in Eastern Africa) · sw Ethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · ms Habsyah (country in Eastern Africa) · rue Етіо́пія (country in Eastern Africa) · pwn Isubya (country in Eastern Africa) · el Αιθιοπία (country in Eastern Africa) · ml എത്യോപ്യ (country in Eastern Africa) · bo ཨི་ཐི་ཨོ་པི་ཡ (country in Eastern Africa) · yo Etiópíà (country in Eastern Africa) · mdf Этиопия (country in Eastern Africa) · mi Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · ga an Aetóip (country in Eastern Africa) · din Ethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · da Etiopien (country in Eastern Africa) · ha Itofiya (country in Eastern Africa) · az Efiopiya (country in Eastern Africa) · tl Etyopya (country in Eastern Africa) · be Эфіо́пія (country in Eastern Africa) · tg Эфиопия (country in Eastern Africa) · sh Етиопија (country in Eastern Africa) · dv ޙަބުޝްކަރަ (country in Eastern Africa) · si ඉතියෝපියාව (country in Eastern Africa) · luy Ethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · dsb Etiopiska (country in Eastern Africa) · nv Iithiyópya (country in Eastern Africa) · bg Етио́пия (country in Eastern Africa) · id Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · acw أثيوبيا (country in Eastern Africa) · vo Lätiopän (country in Eastern Africa) · he אתיופיה (country in Eastern Africa) · tk Efiopiýa (country in Eastern Africa) · rw Etiyopiya (country in Eastern Africa) · ce Хьабашийчоь (country in Eastern Africa) · fa اتیوپی (country in Eastern Africa) · mk Етио́пија (country in Eastern Africa) · kn ಇತಿಯೋಪಿಯ (country in Eastern Africa) · av Хӏабаши (country in Eastern Africa) · ka ეთიოპია (country in Eastern Africa) · shn မိူင်းဢီႇတီႇယူဝ်းပီးယႃး (country in Eastern Africa) · pt Etiópia (country in Eastern Africa) · ti ኢትዮጵያ (country in Eastern Africa) · sg Etiopïi (country in Eastern Africa) · ky Эфиопия (country in Eastern Africa) · eo Etiopujo (country in Eastern Africa) · no Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · so Itoobiya (country in Eastern Africa) · lt Etiopija (Sub-Saharan Africa (historical)) · luo Ethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · ms Ethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · fi Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · lt Etiopija (country in Eastern Africa) · gl Etiopía (country in Eastern Africa) · sv Etiopien (country in Eastern Africa) · fo Etiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · ko 에티오피아 (country in Eastern Africa) · th เอธิโอเปีย (country in Eastern Africa) · ps اېتوپیا (country in Eastern Africa) · om Itoophiyaa (country in Eastern Africa) · peo 𐎤𐎢𐏁 (country in Eastern Africa) · kam Ethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · sh Etiopija (country in Eastern Africa) · su Étiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · cu Єѳїопїꙗ (country in Eastern Africa) · is Eþíópía (country in Eastern Africa) · mr इथियोपिया (country in Eastern Africa) · ar أَثِيُوبِيَا (country in Eastern Africa) · kg Itiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · nqo ߋߗߏߔߌ߫ (country in Eastern Africa) · tl Etiyopiya (country in Eastern Africa) · ja エチオピア (country in Eastern Africa) · ki Ethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · mn Этиоп (country in Eastern Africa) · sco Ethiopie (country in Eastern Africa) · hu Etiópia (country in Eastern Africa) · wal Toophphiya (country in Eastern Africa) · ne इथियोपिया (country in Eastern Africa) · fr Éthiopie (country in Eastern Africa) · la Aethiopia (country in Eastern Africa) · lo ເອທິໂອປີ (country in Eastern Africa) · bew Ètiopi (country in Eastern Africa) · sl Etiópija (country in Eastern Africa) · ug ئېفىئوپىيە (country in Eastern Africa) · tg Этиупия (country in Eastern Africa) · hi इथियोपिया (country in Eastern Africa) · naq Itopiab (country in Eastern Africa) · uk Етіо́пія (country in Eastern Africa) · sw Habeshi (country in Eastern Africa) · grc Αἰθιοπία (Sub-Saharan Africa (historical)) · or ଇଥିଓପିଆ (country in Eastern Africa) · nl Ethiopië (country in Eastern Africa) · bn ইথিওপিয়া (country in Eastern Africa)

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