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ethiopia

UK/ˌiːθiˈəʊ.pi.ə/US/ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ə/
nounB1+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,520 of 15,258mostly written

Ethiopia is the East African highland country where coffee was first found. Travel to Ethiopia, born in Ethiopia, the highlands of Ethiopia.

It is the only African country never colonised, apart from a five-year Italian occupation, and it keeps its own calendar, which runs seven or eight years behind the Gregorian one and has thirteen months. Coffee grows wild there still.

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Definitions of ethiopia

  1. 1nounethiopiaA country in East Africa.B1+

    “Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia.”

ethiopia is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Ancient Greek

    Αἰθιοπία

  2. Latin

    Aethiopia

  3. English

    Ethiopia

  4. English, today

    ethiopia

Ethiopia comes from Aethiopia. From Latin Aethiopia, from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία, from Αἰθίοψ, of Proto-Hellenic origin. Displaced native Siġelhearwena land.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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