# 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: /ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -əʊpiə
* Audio (UK):(file)
* 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.
** 1553, Richard Eden, A treatyse of the newe India, unnumbered:The Diamande is engendred in the mynes of India, Ethiopia, Arabia, Macedonia, and Cyprus, and in the golde mynes of the same countries.
** 1858, George Leighton Ditson, The Para Papers on France, Egypt and Ethiopia, page 243:The Greeks denominated this region of the country, undefined in its limits, Ethiopia or the ‘land of black faces’; the people we call Nubians, are by the Arabs comprehended under the general name of Baraba, and if you enter the bureau of a merchant, or the mansion of a wealthy personage at Cairo or Alexandria, you will be pretty sure to find the atendants to be Berberees.

#### 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
* 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

## Dinka
### Proper noun

Ethiopia
* Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Ethiopia f
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Etiópia.

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Ethiopia
* Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)

#### Synonyms

* Uhabeshi/Habeshi

#### Derived terms

* Mwethiopia

### 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

## 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

* 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

### References

* Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN