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Eritrean
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eritrean
English
Etymology
en :af Eritrea -an<pos:suffix forming adjectives> + 1
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Eritrean.wav Southern England
en iən 4
Adjective
Of, belonging to or relating to Eritrea or its people.
en 2 October 2026 Wycliffe Muia Ethiopia and Eritrea cut diplomatic ties as northern conflict escalates https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crpd0d0jl0y0o BBC News A pro-government militia commander fighting in Tigray told the BBC that Eritrean soldiers had been involved on the front lines. 2 October 2026
Derived terms
en Eritrean Catholic
en Eritreanness noun
Translations
Of, from, or pertaining to Eritrea, the Eritrean people or the Eritrean culture
Afrikaans: af Eritrees
Arabic: ar إِرِيتْرِيّ ʔiritriyy
Asturian: ast eritréu
Catalan: ca eritreu
Czech: cs eritrejský
Danish: da eritreisk
Dutch: nl Eritrees
Esperanto: eo eritrea
Finnish: fi eritrealainen
French: fr érythréen m, fr érythréenne f
Galician: gl eritreo
German: de eritreisch
Greek: el ερυθραϊκός
Icelandic: is erítreskur
Irish: ga Eiritréach
Italian: it eritreo
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb eritreisk
Nynorsk: nn eritreisk
Polish: pl erytrejski
Portuguese: pt eritreu m
Romanian: ro eritreean
Russian: ru эритре́йский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh еритрѐјскӣ
Latin: sh eritrèjskī
Sicilian: scn eritreu m
Spanish: es eritreo
Swahili: sw Kieritrea
Swedish: sv eritreansk
Tigrinya: ti ኤርትራዊ m, ti ኤርትራዊት f
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Eritrea, or a descendant of such person.
Hypernyms
en sub-Saharan
en Horner, en Horn African
en African
Translations
A person from Eritrea or of Eritrean descent
Afrikaans: af Eritreër
Arabic: ar إِرِيتْرِيّ m, ar إِرِيتْرِيَّة f ʔiritriyya
Asturian: ast eritréu m, ast eritrea f
Catalan: ca eritreu m, ca eritrea f
Czech: cs Eritrejec m
Danish: da eritreer m
Dutch: nl Eritreeër m, nl Eritrese f
Esperanto: eo eritreano
Finnish: fi eritrealainen
French: fr Érythréen m, fr Érythréenne f
Galician: gl eritreo m
German: de Eritreer m, de Eritreerin f
Greek: el Ερυθραία f, el Ερυθραίος m
Icelandic: is Erítreumaður m, is Erítreumenn m-p
Irish: ga Eiritréach m
Italian: it eritreo m, it eritrea f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb eritreer m
Nynorsk: nn eritrear m
Polish: pl Erytrejczyk m, pl Erytrejka f
Portuguese: pt eritreu m, pt eritreia f
Romanian: ro eritreean m, ro eritreeană f
Russian: ru эритре́ец m, ru эритре́йка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Еритре́јац m, sh Еритрејка f
Latin: sh Eritréjac m, sh Eritrejka f
Sicilian: scn eritreu m
Spanish: es eritreo m, es eritrea f
Swahili: sw Mweritrea
Swedish: sv eritrean m, sv eritreanska f
Tigrinya: ti ኤርትራዊ m, ti ኤርትራዊት f
Turkish: tr Eritreli
Anagrams
en aeeinrrt Arretine Eretrian Renteria rain tree rain-tree raintree retainer
en Eritrea Nationalities
Finnish
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Eritrea gen s