==Ethiopian names== 

 I am currently working on the results of the recent Ethiopian elections, and am having some trouble with the transliteration of Ethiopian names. Many names, as given at the National Election Board website, start with the abbreviations Ha/, Wa/, Ge/ and Me/Di. Wa/ comes before names like Gyiogos and Mikael (Wa/Mikael) so I suspect it may be a word meaning "saint." I suspect Ha/ is for Haile and Ge/ is for Gebre, but I'd like to confirm this. Can anyone enlighten me?