Abessinia

== Finnish == === Etymology === From German Abessinien. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑbesːiniɑ/, [ˈɑ̝be̞s̠ˌs̠iniɑ̝] Rhymes: -iniɑ Syllabification(key): A‧bes‧si‧ni‧a Hyphenation(key): A‧bes‧si‧nia === Proper noun === Abessinia (historical) Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century) ==== Declension ==== The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Abyssinia" is Abessiniassa. ==== Derived terms ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Renaissance Latin Abissīnī (“the Abyssinians”), either from Arabic الحَبَشِيّ (al-ḥabašiyy, “Ethiopian”), a form of الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša, “Abyssinia”) (with the suffix ـِيّ (-iyy)), from the root ح ب ش (ḥ b š), or from Amharic ሀበሻ (häbäša, “Habesha (the inhabitants of Abyssinia)”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abəˈsiːnɪa/ Rhymes: -ɪa Hyphenation: A‧bes‧si‧ni‧a === Proper noun === Abessinia (historical) Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century) ==== Synonyms ==== Etiopia (“Ethiopia”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “Abyssinia” in Store norske leksikon “Abessinia” in Store norske leksikon == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Abessinia (historical) Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century) ==== Synonyms ==== Etiopia ==== Derived terms ==== abessinar, abessiniar abessinsk