Ethiopian

English Alternative forms en Æthiopian archaic Etymology en :af Ethiopia -an + 1 Pronunciation en /ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ən/ RP en /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ən/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ethiopian.wav Southern England en E thi o pi an Noun A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent. en 2002-08-01 Frank Tenaille Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music https://books.google.com/books?id=5fMZ8La_PSYC&pg=PA168 9781556524509 168 Ahmed was also appreciated for his talents as a showman, because he had no equal in letting loose the famous eskista, with the heaving quiver of the torso and shoulders, of which Ethiopians are so fond. Eskista is the dance of the Amharas, enhancing amorous repartee and expressing collective jubilation. en Tamara Hardingham-Gill The country where it’s still 2016 w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/ethiopian-unique-calendar-year 2024-06-16 So why is Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, seven years and eight months “behind” much of the rest of the world? And how does that work for Ethiopians living on an increasingly interconnected planet that mostly operates in an entirely different era? https://web.archive.org/web/20260424194402/https://www.cnn.com/travel/ethiopian-unique-calendar-year 24 April 2026 en dated A black-skinned person, especially one from Africa. en The Ethiopian eunuch. en slang derogatory A very skinny person, referencing the historic malnutrition and poverty in Ethiopia. Holonyms en sub-Saharan en Horner, en Horn African en African Derived terms en Ethiopian in the woodpile Translations person Afrikaans: af Ethiopiër, af Etiopiër Albanian: sq abisinas m Amharic: am አበሻ Asturian: ast etíope, ast etiope Bengali: bn হাবশী habśī Catalan: ca etíop m f Czech: cs Etiopan m Danish: da etiopier c Dutch: nl Ethiopiër m, nl Ethiopische f Esperanto: eo etiopo Finnish: fi etiopialainen French: fr Éthiopien Galician: gl etíope m German: de Äthiopier m, de Äthiopierin f Greek: el Αιθίοπας m Ancient Greek: grc Αἰθίοψ m Hawaiian: haw ʻAikiopa Hindi: hi हब्शी m, hi हबशी m, hi हबसी m, hi हबशिन f Hungarian: hu etióp, hu etiópiai Italian: it etiopico m, it etiopica f, it etiope m f Kazakh: kk эфиоп, kk эфиопиялық Malay: ms Habsyi Marathi: mr इथियोपियन Norwegian: Bokmål: nb etiopier m Nynorsk: nn etiopiar m Old English: ang Siġelhearwa m Polish: pl Etiopczyk m, pl Etiopka f Portuguese: pt etíope m f Punjabi: pa ਇਥੋਪੀਆਈ Romanian: ro etiopian m, ro etiopiană f Russian: ru эфио́п m, ru эфио́пка f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Етио́пљанин m, sh Етиопљанка f Latin: sh Etiópljanin m, sh Etiopljanka f Spanish: es etíope m f, es etiopio m uncommon, es etiopiano m disused Swahili: sw Mhabeshi Swedish: sv etiopier Tagalog: tl Etiyope Tigrinya: ti ኢትዮጵያዊ m, ti ኢትዮጵያዊት f Turkish: tr Etiyopyalı Ukrainian: uk ефіо́п m, uk ефіо́пка f, uk етіо́п m, uk етіо́пка f Adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture. en 2018-02-20 Adesola Akinleye Narratives in Black British Dance: Embodied Practices https://books.google.com/books?id=hUtLDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA195 9783319703145 195 One of Ethiopia's most popular traditional dances, eskista, which is said to have originated from the lower highlands of Ethiopia's Amhara region, exemplifies the type of multi-functionality that Martin (1967) acknowledges as it is performed in many different settings of the Ethiopian community. en Nimi Princewill, Mek Tekeste and Louis Mian More than 200 dead in southern Ethiopia landslides w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/africa/ethiopia-landslides-intl-latam 2024-07-23 A local official, Habtamu Fetena, had earlier told state-run broadcaster, the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) that children were among the dead and the death toll was likely to increase. https://web.archive.org/web/20250630053430/https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/africa/ethiopia-landslides-intl-latam 30 June 2025 en dated not comparable Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora. en 2016 w:Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad Fleet (2017) 314 Any person of color recognized his Ethiopian heritage immediately. That nose, those lips, good hair or no. Synonyms en Ethiopic Derived terms en Ethiopian cardamom Ethiopian Catholic Ethiopian eggplant Ethiopianism Ethiopianization Ethiopianize Ethiopianness Ethiopian nightshade Translations of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia Afrikaans: af Ethiopies, af Etiopies Amharic: am ሐበሻ Asturian: ast etíope, ast etiope, ast etiópicu Belarusian: be эфіо́пскі Bengali: bn হাবশী habśī Catalan: ca etiòpic, ca etíop Czech: cs etiopský Danish: da etiopisk Dutch: nl Ethiopisch Esperanto: eo etiopa Finnish: fi etiopialainen French: fr éthiopien Galician: gl etíope German: de äthiopisch Greek: el αιθιοπικός Ancient Greek: grc Αἰθιοπικός Hawaiian: haw ʻAikiopa Hindi: hi हब्शी m, hi हबशी m, hi हबसी m, hi हबशिन f Hungarian: hu etióp, hu etiópiai Italian: it etiope, it etiopico Kazakh: kk эфиоптық, kk эфиопиялық Malay: ms Habsyi Marathi: mr इथियोपियन Norwegian: Bokmål: nb etiopisk Nynorsk: nn etiopisk Old English: ang Siġelhearwen Polish: pl etiopski Portuguese: pt etíope, pt etiópico Punjabi: pa ਇਥੋਪੀਆਈ Romanian: ro etiopian Russian: ru эфио́пский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh етиопљански Latin: sh etiopljanski Spanish: es etíope, es etiopio uncommon, es etiopiano disused Swahili: sw Kihabeshi Swedish: sv etiopisk Tagalog: tl Etiyope Tigrinya: ti ኢትዮጵያዊ m, ti ኢትዮጵያዊት f Ukrainian: uk ефіо́пський en terms suffixed with -ian en Ethiopia Ethnonyms Nationalities Old English Pronunciation Ethiopian Proper noun ang proper noun form ang Ethiopia acc//gen//dat sg