Abyssinia

Speech parts

1. Abyssinia - Noun

2. Abyssinia - Adjective

3. Abyssinia - Interjection

4. Abyssinia - Proper noun

Meaning

Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Ethiopia Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia yaltopya ethiopian abyssinian patched WORE bandaged Abyssinians habasha

Examples

Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Samuel Johnson

I have to get out once a week and speak with people or I start thinking I'm the emperor of Abyssinia. Graham Joyce

Abyssinia Abyssinia was the scene of some of SOE's earliest and most successful efforts. Source: Internet

Abu Bakr, feeling distressed, set out for Yemen and then to Abyssinia from there. Source: Internet

“Amhara” does not denote a specific ethnic group: it became the default national identity of the imperial state because it coincided with the cultures of the ancient state of Abyssinia. Source: Internet

A letter from King Henry IV of England to the Emperor of Abyssinia survives. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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