HOW TO PRONOUNCE
ethiopia
/ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/
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What does ethiopia mean?
proper noun
- A country in East Africa.
- The Ethiopian Empire, from c. 1270 to 1974; Abyssinia.
- Italian Ethiopia, from 1936 to 1941.
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proper noun
- 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.
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/ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/
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Humboldt is sure "that some connection existed between ancient Ethiopia and the elevated plain of Central Asia."
In Ethiopia, not only was great veneration paid to the dog, but the inhabitants used to elect a dog as their king.
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In Ethiopia all the rivers and all the waters be trouble, and they be somedeal salt for the great heat that is there.
Eritrea has inherited the entire coastline of Ethiopia and has long-term prospects for revenues from the development of offshore oil, offshore fishing and tourism.
Leblond says that certain women of Ethiopia and South America have beards and little or no menstruation.