Ethiopia

== English == === Alternative forms === Æthiopia (archaic) === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/ Rhymes: -əʊpiə Hyphenation: E‧thi‧o‧pi‧a === Proper noun === Ethiopia A country in East Africa. 1991, Tesfaye Tesemma, “Improvement of indigenous durum wheat landraces in Ethiopia” in Plant Genetic Resources of Ethiopia, 288: 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. The Ethiopian Empire, from c. 1270 to 1974; Abyssinia. Italian Ethiopia, from 1936 to 1941. Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia, from 1974 to 1987; Derg. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, since 1987. (historical) Sub-Saharan Africa, especially the parts south of Egypt and along and east of the Nile. ==== Hypernyms ==== Subsahara Horn ==== Descendants ==== → Gujarati: ઇથિયોપિયા (ithiyopiyā) → Hindi: इथियोपिया (ithiyopiyā) → Korean: 에티오피아 (etiopia) → Navajo: Iithiyópya → Yoruba: Ìtíópíà ==== Translations ==== === See also === Addis Ababa Abyssinia Countries of the world Ethiopia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dinka == === Etymology === From English Ethiopia. === Proper noun === Ethiopia Ethiopia (a country in East Africa) == Old English == === Proper noun === Ethiopia m Ethiopia Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Declension ==== Weak: == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Ethiopia f pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Etiópia == Swahili == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Ethiopia Ethiopia (a country in East Africa) ==== Synonyms ==== Uhabeshi/Habeshi ==== Derived terms ==== Mwethiopia === See also === == Welsh == === Proper noun === Ethiopia f Ethiopia (a country in East Africa) (historical) Ethiopia (sub-Saharan Africa, especially the parts south of Egypt and along and east of the Nile) ==== Related terms ==== Amhareg (“Amharic language”) Ethiopaidd (“Etgiopian”, adjective) Ethiopeg (“Ethiopic language”) Ethiopiad (“Ethiopian”, noun) === See also === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “Ethiopia”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN