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Country in Eastern Africa. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia — • Includes geography, history, and religion Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ethiopia Ethiopia † … Catholic encyclopedia
ETHIOPIA — (Abyssinia), Christian kingdom in N.E. Africa. Under Egyptian rule from 2000 B.C.E. to about 1000 B.C.E., Ethiopia (Heb. Kush) appears alongside Egypt in the Bible, sharing its prophesied doom (e.g., Isa. 20:3); Tirhakah, the pharaoh, is… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Ethiopia — bezeichnet: in der englischen Sprache das afrikanische Land Äthiopien einen Asteroiden, siehe (1432) Ethiopia Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ethiopia — [ē΄thē ō′pē ə] 1. ancient kingdom (possibly dating to the 10th cent. B.C. ) in NE Africa, on the Red Sea, corresponding to modern Sudan & N Ethiopia (the country) 2. country in E Africa: established, 1855: 426,372 sq mi (1,104,300 sq km); pop. 49 … English World dictionary
Ethiopia — L. Aethiopia, from Gk. Aithiopia, from Aithiops (see ETHIOP (Cf. Ethiop)). The native name is ABYSSINIA (Cf. Abyssinia) … Etymology dictionary
Ethiopia — This article is about the country. For other uses, see Ethiopia (disambiguation). Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ ye Ītyōṗṗyā Fēdēralāwī Dīmōkrāsīyāwī Rīpeblīk … Wikipedia
Ethiopia — /ee thee oh pee euh/, n. 1. Formerly, Abyssinia. a republic in E Africa: formerly a monarchy. 58,732,577; 409,266 sq. mi. (1,060,000 sq. km). Present boundaries include Eritrea. Cap.: Addis Ababa. 2. Also called Abyssinia. an ancient region in NE … Universalium
Ethiopia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Ethiopia <p></p> Background: <p></p> Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule with the exception of a… … The World Factbook
Ethiopia — Sometimes called Falashas, meaning strangers. Folklore in Ethiopia and in some traditional Jewish circles explains the existence of the Jewish community in Ethiopia as deriving from the 10th century BC union of Israel s King Solomon and the… … Historical Dictionary of Israel
Ethiopia — The reunification of Ethiopia, an ancient east African kingdom also known as Abyssinia, was begun in the nineteenth century by Lij Kasa, who conquered Amhara, Gojjam, Tigray, and Shoa, and in 1855 had himself crowned emperor as Tewodros II. He … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Ethiopia — Some 20 years after unification in 1861, Italian governments embarked on a program of imperial expansion. After France had blocked Italian ambitions in Tunisia, Italy made inroads on the Red Sea, occupying several cities in what was to become… … Historical Dictionary of modern Italy
