Ethiopia

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UK/ˌiːθiˈəʊ.pi.ə/US/ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/Scotland/ˌi.θeˈo.pe.ə/Wales/ˌiːθiːˈoːpi.ə/

proper noun

A country in East Africa.

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun

alternative archaic Æthiopia

  1. A country in East Africa.

    The death toll from two landslides in a remote region of southern Ethiopia on Monday has risen to 229, according to local authorities.

    2024 July 23, Nimi Princewill, Mek Tekeste and Louis Mian, “More than 200 dead in southern Ethiopia landslides”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2024
    1 more example

    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.

    1991, Tesfaye Tesemma, “Improvement of indigenous durum wheat landraces in Ethiopia” in Plant Genetic Resources of Ethiopia, 288
    1. The Ethiopian Empire, from c. 1270 to 1974; Abyssinia.
    2. Italian Ethiopia, from 1936 to 1941.
    3. Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia, from 1974 to 1987; Derg.
  2. historicalSub-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.

    1553, Richard Eden, A treatyse of the newe India, unnumbered
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    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.

    1858, George Leighton Ditson, The Para Papers on France, Egypt and Ethiopia, page 243

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΑἰθιοπία
  2. LatinAethiopia
  3. EnglishEthiopia

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”).

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Translations

Afrikaans Ethiopië
  • Ethiopiëcountry in Eastern Africa
Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία, Αἰθιοπία
  • Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía)Sub-Saharan Africa (historical)
  • Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía)country in Eastern Africa
Arabic أَثِيُوبِيَا, إِثِيُوبِيَا
  • أَثِيُوبِيَا (ʔaṯiyūbiyā)country in Eastern Africa
  • إِثِيُوبِيَا (ʔiṯiyūbiyā)country in Eastern Africa
Bengali ইথিওপিয়া
  • ইথিওপিয়া (ithiōpiẏa)country in Eastern Africa
Bulgarian Етио́пия
  • Етио́пия (Etiópija)country in Eastern Africa
Catalan Etiòpia
  • Etiòpiacountry in Eastern Africa
Chinese Mandarin 埃塞俄比亞 /埃塞俄比亚
  • 埃塞俄比亞 /埃塞俄比亚 (Āisài'ébǐyà)country in Eastern Africa
Czech Etiopie
  • Etiopiecountry in Eastern Africa
Danish Etiopien
  • Etiopiencountry in Eastern Africa
Dutch Ethiopië
  • Ethiopiëcountry in Eastern Africa
Esperanto Etiopio, Etiopujo
  • Etiopiocountry in Eastern Africa
  • Etiopujocountry in Eastern Africa
Estonian Etioopia
  • Etioopiacountry in Eastern Africa
Finnish Etiopia
  • Etiopiacountry in Eastern Africa
French Éthiopie
  • Éthiopiecountry in Eastern Africa
German Äthiopien
  • Äthiopiencountry in Eastern Africa
Greek Αιθιοπία
  • Αιθιοπία (Aithiopía)country in Eastern Africa
Hawaiian ʻAikiopa
  • ʻAikiopacountry in Eastern Africa
Hebrew אתיופיה
  • אתיופיה (etyopya)country in Eastern Africa
Hindi इथियोपिया
  • इथियोपिया (ithiyopiyā)country in Eastern Africa
Hungarian Etiópia
  • Etiópiacountry in Eastern Africa
Icelandic Eþíópía, Etíópía
  • Eþíópíacountry in Eastern Africa
  • Etíópíacountry in Eastern Africa
Indonesian Etiopia
  • Etiopiacountry in Eastern Africa
Irish an Aetóip
  • an Aetóipcountry in Eastern Africa
Italian Etiopia
  • Etiopiacountry in Eastern Africa
Japanese エチオピア
  • エチオピア (Echiopia)country in Eastern Africa
Korean 에티오피아
  • 에티오피아 (Etiopia)country in Eastern Africa
Latin Aethiopia, Aethiopia
  • AethiopiaSub-Saharan Africa (historical)
  • Aethiopiacountry in Eastern Africa
Latvian Etiopija
  • Etiopijacountry in Eastern Africa
Lithuanian Etiopija, Nilo Etiopija
  • EtiopijaSub-Saharan Africa (historical)
  • Nilo EtiopijaSub-Saharan Africa (historical)
  • Etiopijacountry in Eastern Africa
Malay Habsyah, Ethiopia
  • Habsyahcountry in Eastern Africa
  • Ethiopiacountry in Eastern Africa
  • Abessiniacountry in Eastern Africa
Māori Etiopia
  • Etiopiacountry in Eastern Africa
Norwegian Etiopia
  • Etiopiacountry in Eastern Africa
Persian اتیوپی
  • اتیوپی (etyupi)country in Eastern Africa
Polish Etiopia
  • Etiopiacountry in Eastern Africa
Portuguese Etiópia
  • Etiópiacountry in Eastern Africa
Punjabi ਇਥੋਪੀਆ
  • ਇਥੋਪੀਆ (ithopīā)country in Eastern Africa
Romanian Etiopia
  • Etiopiacountry in Eastern Africa
Russian Эфио́пия
  • Эфио́пия (Efiópija)country in Eastern Africa
Slovak Etiópia
  • Etiópiacountry in Eastern Africa
Spanish Etiopía
  • Etiopíacountry in Eastern Africa
Swahili Uhabeshi, Habeshi
  • Uhabeshicountry in Eastern Africa
  • Habeshicountry in Eastern Africa
  • Ethiopiacountry in Eastern Africa
Swedish Etiopien
  • Etiopiencountry in Eastern Africa
Tagalog Etiyopiya, Etyopya
  • Etiyopiyacountry in Eastern Africa
  • Etyopyacountry in Eastern Africa
Tamil எத்தியோப்பியா
  • எத்தியோப்பியா (ettiyōppiyā)country in Eastern Africa
Thai เอธิโอเปีย
  • เอธิโอเปีย (ee-tí-oo-bpiia)country in Eastern Africa
Turkish Etyopya, Etiyopya
  • Etyopyacountry in Eastern Africa
  • Etiyopyacountry in Eastern Africa
Ukrainian Ефіо́пія, Етіо́пія
  • Ефіо́пія (Efiópija)country in Eastern Africa
  • Етіо́пія (Etiópija)country in Eastern Africa
Urdu ایتھوپیا, حبشستان
  • ایتھوپیا (ithiyopiyā)country in Eastern Africa
  • حبشستان (habśistān)country in Eastern Africa
Vietnamese Ê-ti-ô-pi-a
  • Ê-ti-ô-pi-acountry in Eastern Africa
Yiddish עטיאָפּיע
  • עטיאָפּיע (etyopye)country in Eastern Africa

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Ethiopia

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Cite this entry
APA

Ethiopia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ethiopia

MLA

“Ethiopia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ethiopia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ethiopia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ethiopia.

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