Ethiopia
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Ethiopia
- /ˌiːθiˈəʊ.pi.ə/ UK
- /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/ US
- /ˌi.θeˈo.pe.ə/ Scotland
- /ˌiːθiːˈoːpi.ə/ Wales
Rhymes with -əʊpiə
Where it comes from
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”).
proper noun Æthiopia
- A country in East Africa. 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.
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: abyssinia, yaltopya, algeria, eritrea, eritrean, egypt, ethiopian, angola, bangladesh, ethiopic, estonia, slovakia, slovenia, andorra, spain, ecuador
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name country in Eastern Africa
| Español | Etiopía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 에티오피아 Etiopia |
| 日本語 | エチオピア Echiopia |
| 中文 | 埃塞俄比亞 /埃塞俄比亚 Āisài'ébǐyà |
| हिन्दी | इथियोपिया ithiyopiyā |
| Kiswahili | Uhabeshi, Habeshi, Ethiopia |
| Português | Etiópia |
| Français | Éthiopie |
| Deutsch | Äthiopien |
| Italiano | Etiopia |
| Ελληνικά | Αιθιοπία Aithiopía |
| Română | Etiopia |
| Русский | Эфио́пия Efiópija |
| Tiếng Việt | Ê-ti-ô-pi-a |
| العربية | أَثِيُوبِيَا ʔaṯiyūbiyā, إِثِيُوبِيَا ʔiṯiyūbiyā |
| עברית | אתיופיה etyopya |
Talk about this word "Ethiopia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ethiopia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Ethiopia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ethiopia "Ethiopia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ethiopia.Cite this
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title = {Ethiopia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ethiopia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
