Definitions for Ethiopia
ˌi θiˈoʊ pi əethiopi·a

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.6 / 5 votes

1. Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya, Abyssinianoun

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

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1. Ethiopianoun

   Country in Eastern Africa. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

2. Ethiopianoun

   Sub-Saharan Africa, especially the parts south of Egypt and along and east of the Nile

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1. Ethiopia

   Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east and northeast, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia has a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 square miles). As of 2022, it is home to around 113.5 million inhabitants, making it the 13th-most populous country in the world and the 2nd-most populous in Africa after Nigeria. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates.Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible homeland of the Afroasiatic language family. In 980 BCE, the Kingdom of D'mt extended its realm over Eritrea and the northern region of Ethiopia, while the Kingdom of Aksum maintained a unified civilization in the region for 900 years. Christianity was embraced by the kingdom in 330, and Islam arrived by the first Hijra in 615. After the collapse of Aksum in 960, a variety of kingdoms, largely tribal confederations, existed in the land of Ethiopia. The Zagwe dynasty ruled the north-central parts until being overthrown by Yekuno Amlak in 1270, inaugurating the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic dynasty, claimed descent from the biblical Solomon and Queen of Sheba under their son Menelik I. By the 14th century, the empire grew in prestige through territorial expansion and fighting against adjacent territories; most notably, the Ethiopian–Adal War (1529–1543) contributed to fragmentation of the empire, which ultimately fell under a decentralization known as Zemene Mesafint in the mid-18th century. Emperor Tewodros II ended Zemene Mesafint at the beginning of his reign in 1855, marking the reunification and modernization of Ethiopia.From 1878 onwards, Emperor Menelik II launched a series of conquests known as Menelik's Expansions, which resulted in the formation of Ethiopia's current border. Externally, during the late 19th century, Ethiopia defended itself against foreign invasions, including from Egypt and Italy; as a result, Ethiopia and Liberia preserved their sovereignty during the Scramble for Africa. In 1935, Ethiopia was occupied by Fascist Italy and annexed with Italian-possessed Eritrea and Somaliland, later forming Italian East Africa. In 1941, during World War II, it was occupied by the British Army, and its full sovereignty was restored in 1944 after a period of military administration. The Derg, a Soviet-backed military junta, took power in 1974 after deposing Emperor Haile Selassie and the Solomonic dynasty, and ruled the country for nearly 17 years amidst the Ethiopian Civil War. Following the dissolution of the Derg in 1991, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) dominated the country with a new constitution and ethnic-based federalism. Since then, Ethiopia has suffered from prolonged and unsolved inter-ethnic clashes and political instability marked by democratic backsliding. From 2018, regional and ethnically based factions carried out armed attacks in multiple ongoing wars throughout Ethiopia.Ethiopia is a multi-ethnic state with over 80 different ethnic groups. Christianity is the most widely professed faith in the country, with significant minorities of the adherents of Islam and a small percentage to traditional faiths. This sovereign state is a founding member of the UN, the Group of 24, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77, and the Organisation of African Unity. Addis Ababa is the headquarters of the African Union, the Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Standby Force and many of the global non-governmental organizations focused on Africa. Ethiopia is considered an emerging power and developing country, having the fastest economic growth in Sub-Saharan African countries because of foreign direct investment in expansion of agricultural and manufacturing industries. However, in terms of per capita income and the Human Development Index, the country is regarded as poor with high rates of poverty, poor respect for human rights, and a literacy rate of only 49%. Agriculture is the largest economic sector in Ethiopia, accounting for 36% of the country's gross domestic product as of 2020.

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1. ethiopia

   Ethiopia is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the 2nd most populous country in Africa and the 12th most populous in the world. It is known for its diverse culture, languages, ethnic groups, and landscapes. Ethiopia is one of the world's oldest countries, with a rich history that can be traced back thousands of years. The nation's capital is Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is also famously known as the birthplace of coffee. The country follows a federal parliamentary republic system of government.

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1. Ethiopia

   Ethiopia, officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. With over 86,000,000 inhabitants, Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the second-most populated nation on the African continent. It occupies a total area of 1,100,000 square kilometres, and its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa. Ethiopia is one of the oldest locations of human life known to scientists and is widely considered the region from which Homo sapiens first set out for the Middle East and points beyond. Tracing its roots to the 2nd millennium BC, Ethiopia was a monarchy for most of its history. Alongside Rome, Persia, China and India, the Kingdom of Aksum was one of the great world powers of the 3rd century. In the 4th century, it was the first major empire in the world to officially adopt Christianity as a state religion. During the late 19th-century Scramble for Africa, Ethiopia was the only African country beside Liberia that retained its sovereignty as a recognized independent country. It was one of only four African members of the 20th-century League of Nations established following World War I. When other African nations gained their independence following World War II, many of them adopted the colors of Ethiopia's flag. Addis Ababa became the base for several global non-profit organizations focused on Africa. In 1974, at the end of Haile Selassie I's reign, Ethiopia became a federal republic ruled by a military junta known as the Derg, based on communism. In 1987 Mengistu established the Ethiopian People's Democratic Republic which survived until being defeated by a coalition, loosely called the EPRDF. It had ruled since 1991.

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1. Ethiopia

   a term loosely used in ancient times to indicate the territory inhabited by black or dark-coloured people; latterly applied to an undefined tract of land stretching S. of Egypt to the Gulf of Aden, which constituted the kingdom of the Ethiopians, a people of Semitic origin and speaking a Semitic language called Ge'ez, who were successively conquered by the Egyptians, Persians, and Romans; are known in the Bible; their first king is supposed to have been Menilehek, son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba; their literature consists mostly of translations and collections of saws and riddles; the language is no longer spoken.

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1. Ethiopia

   An independent state in eastern Africa. Ethiopia is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered on the north and northeast by Eritrea, on the east by Djibouti and Somalia, on the south by Kenya, and on the west and southwest by Sudan. Its capital is Addis Ababa.

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1. Ethiopia

   Ethiopia simply means the point of diversion/division, where white and blue Nile was divided

   
   

   Submitted by engrlaisanya on June 7, 2020  

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   Ethiopia

   The children of the Sun

   
   

   Submitted by silverloin60 on June 25, 2022  

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:3.0 / 4 votes

1. Ethiopia

   From the Greek aithein, to burn, and ops, the face. Hence “the country of the blacks.”

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ethiopia in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ethiopia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Ethiopia in a Sentence

1. Ambassador Tesfamicael Gerahtu:

   Ethiopia’s belligerent stance, as a way of trying to weaken Eritrea ... and even make regime change in Eritrea, has also been part of this equation.

2. Nancy Lindborg:

   We knew then that climate change was causing ever faster cycles of devastating drought, meaning families and communities have little time to recover before being slammed again, with this latest, even more terrible drought hitting Ethiopia just five years later, the need to build resilience is more urgent than ever.

3. Negash Teklu:

   Even though Ethiopia isn’t a big emitter it has been disproportionately affected by climate change.

4. Eric Coly.Read MoreHe:

   We get as detailed as possible. We want people to tell us,' I don't want just a Black therapist, I want someone from Ethiopia. I'm not just Latino, but I'm from El Salvador,'.

5. Amanuel Neguede:

   I've seen a lot of a lot of hate speech, that definitely does fuel ethnic violence in Myanmar Ethiopia, whenever there's a major offensive, for example that's happening in the north, we can see a lot of images of conflict that's happened in different countries used in a misleading context. I would say that most of the time we'll see posts surface -- especially posts that are widely shared -- after real news events.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Ethiopia
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ethiopia
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Ethiopia
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Ethiopia
7. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Ethiopia
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Ethiopia