Tigrayan
Speech parts
1. Tigrayan - Noun
2. Tigrayan - Adjective
Meaning
Tigrayan (comparative more Tigrayan, superlative most Tigrayan)
Of or relating to the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Tigrayan (plural Tigrayans)
A member of a Tigrinya-speaking ethnic group found in the Tigray Region.
Examples
But for how long if Tigrayan problems drag on?
Earlier this month the former president of Tigray, Debretsion Gebremichael, accused Eritrean forces of Tigrayan forces were fending off Eritrean divisions on several fronts.
Hassan added, “The Ethiopian opposition — which supports the former regime that belongs to the Tigrayan ethnic group, and which was the source of historical enmity with Eritrea — has used Ahmed’s policies of rapprochement with Egypt to oppose him.
Ethiopia’s rights watchdog this week said at least 600 civilians were massacred in the Tigrayan town of Mai-Kadra alone.
The Ethiopian army’s Northern Command, one of four regional commands, is based in Mekelle, the Tigrayan regional capital which is more than 700km north of the country’s capital, Addis Ababa.
But despite the Tigrayan voices amid cafes with Italian names, Addis Ababa can never replace being back in Eritrea.