# Eritrea
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/, /ˌɪɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/
* (US) IPA: /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹi.ə/, /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪə/, /ˌɪɹɪˈtɹeɪə/
* Rhymes: -eɪə
** Audio (UK):(file)
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Eritrea
* A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
** The modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s).
** (historical) A former province of or in union with Ethiopia.
** (historical, from 1890) A former colony of Italy.

#### Hypernyms

* Subsahara

#### Derived terms

* Eritrean (adjective/noun)

#### Translations
### See also

* Asmara
* Countries of the world
* Italian Eritrea
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Republic of the Congo
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Western Sahara
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### Anagrams

* Eretria, tearier

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea; capital: Asmara)

#### Derived terms

* Eritrees
* Eritreër

## Breton
### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɾiˈtɾe.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.ɾiˈtɾe.a]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Proper noun

Eritrea f
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Related terms

* eritreu

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛrɪtrɛa]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Eritrea f (relational adjective eritrejský, demonym Eritrejec)
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Eritrea”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
* “Eritrea”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Eritrea”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌeː.riˈtreː.aː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Eri‧trea
* Rhymes: -eːaː

### Proper noun

Eritrea n
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Derived terms

* Eritreeër
* Eritrees

### Further reading

* Eritrea on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian Eritrea.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeritreɑ/, [ˈe̞rit̪ˌre̞ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -eɑ
* Hyphenation: E‧rit‧rea

### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Eritrea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Eritreani
accusative
nom.
Eritreani
gen.
Eritreani
genitive
Eritreani
partitive
Eritreaani
inessive
Eritreassani
elative
Eritreastani
illative
Eritreaani
adessive
Eritreallani
ablative
Eritrealtani
allative
Eritrealleni
essive
Eritreanani
translative
Eritreakseni
abessive
Eritreattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Eritreasi
accusative
nom.
Eritreasi
gen.
Eritreasi
genitive
Eritreasi
partitive
Eritreaasi
inessive
Eritreassasi
elative
Eritreastasi
illative
Eritreaasi
adessive
Eritreallasi
ablative
Eritrealtasi
allative
Eritreallesi
essive
Eritreanasi
translative
Eritreaksesi
abessive
Eritreattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Eritreamme
accusative
nom.
Eritreamme
gen.
Eritreamme
genitive
Eritreamme
partitive
Eritreaamme
inessive
Eritreassamme
elative
Eritreastamme
illative
Eritreaamme
adessive
Eritreallamme
ablative
Eritrealtamme
allative
Eritreallemme
essive
Eritreanamme
translative
Eritreaksemme
abessive
Eritreattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Eritreanne
accusative
nom.
Eritreanne
gen.
Eritreanne
genitive
Eritreanne
partitive
Eritreaanne
inessive
Eritreassanne
elative
Eritreastanne
illative
Eritreaanne
adessive
Eritreallanne
ablative
Eritrealtanne
allative
Eritreallenne
essive
Eritreananne
translative
Eritreaksenne
abessive
Eritreattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Eritreansa
accusative
nom.
Eritreansa
gen.
Eritreansa
genitive
Eritreansa
partitive
Eritreaansa
inessive
Eritreassaan Eritreassansa
elative
Eritreastaan Eritreastansa
illative
Eritreaansa
adessive
Eritreallaan Eritreallansa
ablative
Eritrealtaan Eritrealtansa
allative
Eritrealleen Eritreallensa
essive
Eritreanaan Eritreanansa
translative
Eritreakseen Eritreaksensa
abessive
Eritreattaan Eritreattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* eritrealainen

## Galician
### Proper noun

Eritrea f
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Related terms

* eritreo

## German
### Alternative forms

* Erythräa

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eʁiˈtʁeː.a/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Eritrea n (proper noun, genitive Eritreas or (optionally with an article) Eritrea)
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Derived terms

* eritreisch
* Eritreer

### See also

* Ägypten
* Algerien
* Angola
* Äquatorialguinea
* Äthiopien
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Demokratische Republik Kongo
* Dschibuti
* Elfenbeinküste
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Gabun
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kamerun
* Kap Verde
* Kenia
* Komoren
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libyen
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Marokko
* Mauretanien
* Mauritius
* Mosambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Republik Kongo
* Ruanda
* Sambia
* Senegal
* Seychellen
* Sierra Leone
* Simbabwe
* Somalia
* Südafrika
* Sudan
* Südsudan
* São Tomé und Príncipe
* Tansania
* Togo
* Tschad
* Tunesien
* Uganda
* Zentralafrikanische Republik

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛritrɛɒ]
* Hyphenation: Erit‧rea
* Rhymes: -ɒ

### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Related terms

* eritreai

## Interlingua
### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

## Italian
### Etymology

First used as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /l‿e.riˈtrɛ.a/
* Rhymes: -ɛa

### Proper noun

l'Eritrea f
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Related terms

* eritreo
* l'Eritreo

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: إِرِيتْرِيَا (ʔirītriyā)
* → English: Eritrea
* → French: Érythrée, Erythrée (semantic loan)
** Haitian Creole: Eritre
** → Persian: اریتره (eritre)
** → Turkish: Eritre
* → German: Eritrea
* → New Latin: Erythraea (“Eritrea”) (learned)
** → German: Erythräa

### Anagrams

* arterie, artiere, erriate, iterare, itererà, ratiere, reitera, tarerei

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Related terms

* eritreer
* eritreisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Related terms

* eritrear
* eritreisk

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɾiˈtɾea/ [e.ɾiˈt̪ɾe.a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ea
* Syllabification: E‧ri‧tre‧a

### Proper noun

Eritrea f
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Related terms

* eritreo

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Eritrea
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

### See also

* Afrika Kusini
* Algeria ~ Aljeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Chad ~ Chadi
* Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
* Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
* Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
* Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
* Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
* Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
* Jibuti ~ Djibouti
* Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
* Kenya
* Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagaska, Bukini
* Malawi, Unyasa
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mayotte
* Misri, Umisri
* Morisi
* Moroko ~ Maroko
* Msumbiji, Mozambik
* Mtakatifu Helena
* Namibia
* Niger ~ Nijeri
* Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
* Rwanda ~ Ruanda
* Réunion
* Sahara ya Magharibi
* Sao Tome na Principe
* Senegal ~ Senegali
* Shelisheli
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Kusini
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Uswazi, Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Eritrea n (genitive Eritreas)
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Related terms

* eritrean
* eritreansk
* eritreanska

### References

* Eritrea in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH

## Welsh
### Proper noun

Eritrea f
* Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

#### Related terms

* Eritreaidd (“Eritrean”, adjective)

### See also

* Angola
* Algeria
* Benin
* Botswana
* Bwrcina Ffaso
* Bwrwndi
* Cabo Verde
* Camerŵn
* Cenia
* De Affrica
* De Swdan
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Gini
* Gini Bisaw
* Gini Gyhydeddol
* Gorllewin Sahara
* Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
* Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
* Gweriniaeth y Congo
* Jibwti
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libia
* Madagasgar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mawrisiws
* Mawritania
* Moroco
* Mosambic
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Sambia
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Simbabwe
* Somalia
* Swdan
* São Tomé a Príncipe
* Tansania
* Tiwnisia
* Togo
* Tsiad
* Wganda
* y Comoros
* y Seychelles
* y Traeth Ifori
* yr Aifft