Abyssinia
pronunciation
How to pronounce Abyssinia in British English:
UK [ˌæbiˈsinjə]
How to pronounce Abyssinia in American English:
US [ˌæbɪˈsɪniə]
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- Noun:
- Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
Word Origin
- Abyssinia (n.)
- old name for Ethiopia, 1630s, from Modern Latin Abyssinia, from Arabic Habasah, the name for the region, said to be from Amharic hbsh "mixed," in reference to the different races dwelling there. In 1920s-30s popular as a slang pun for "I'll be seeing you." Related: Abyssinian.
Example
- 1. The muslims who returned from abyssinia did so for two reasons .
- 2. If rimbaud dies in abyssinia with out having written a single line , it is not because he prefers adventure or has renounced literature .
- 3. In 1861 , arab traders captured a 2-year-old african elephant calf on the plains of abyssinia , now ethiopia , and sold him to a european animal collector .
- 4. His colonial ambitions in africa brought him into contact with his old paymaster again in 1935 . Now the british foreign secretary , hoare signed the hoare-laval pact , which gave italy control over abyssinia .
- 5. The dynasty he would establish would reign in abyssinia with few interruptions until the overthrow of emperor haile selassie in 1974 .