Abyssinia

English Alternative forms en Abissinia archaic Etymology From en la-ren Abyssīnī the Abyssinians,Abyssin n 291148 2011 from en ar الْحَبَشَة, from ar حَبَش Abyssinian.1971 6 The humorous use of en Abyssinia as a parting phrase is due to its phonetic resemblance to I'll be seeing ya. Pronunciation en /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪ.nɪ.ə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Abyssinia.wav Southern England en /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪ.ni.ə/ /ˌæ.bɪˈsɪn.jə/ GA en /ˌæ.bəˈsɪ.ni.ə/ /ˌæ.bəˈsɪn.jə/ weak vowel en ɪniə ɪnjə 5 4 en A bys si ni a A bys sin ia Proper noun en Q207521en historical en @former name of:Ethiopia country/and/former empire r/East Africa ; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century. en Abassia Derived terms en Abyssinian Translations historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century Amharic: am አቢሲንያ Arabic: ar الْحَبَشَة f Armenian: hy Հաբեշստան Azerbaijani: az Həbəşistan Bulgarian: bg Абиси́ния f Catalan: ca Abissínia Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿比西尼亞 Ābǐxīníyà Czech: cs Habeš f Danish: da Abessinien Dutch: nl Abessinië n Finnish: fi Abessinia French: fr Abyssinie f Ge'ez: gez gez ሐበሠት German: de Abessinien n, de Habesch m Greek: el Αβησσυνία f Hebrew: he חבש Hindi: hi हबश m, hi हबस m Hungarian: hu Abesszínia Ido: io Abisinia Irish: ga Aibisín f An Aibisín Japanese: ja アビシニア Abishinia Korean: ko ^아비시니아 Malay: ms ms Habsyah still in use in Malaysia Manx: gv Abysseen f Yn Abysseen Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Abessinia Nynorsk: nn Abessinia Old South Arabian: Sabaean: xsa xsa 𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩩, xsa 𐩱𐩢𐩨𐩦 Persian: fa حبشه habaše Polish: pl Abisynia f Portuguese: pt Abissínia f Romanian: ro Abisinia f Russian: ru Абисси́ния f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Абисинија f, sh Абесинија f Latin: sh Abisinija f, sh Abesinija f Spanish: es Abisinia f Swedish: sv Abessinien Tagalog: tl Abisinya Tajik: tg Ҳабашистон Turkish: tr Habeşistan Ottoman Turkish: ota ota حبش habeş Ukrainian: uk Абіссі́нія f Urdu: ur حبش habaś m Uyghur: ug ھەبەشىستان Uzbek: uz Habashiston Further reading Ethiopian Empire Ethiopia Eritrea Adjective - en dated Ethiopian; Eritrean; Abyssinian.9 Interjection en jocular dated Expression of farewell: I’ll be seeing ya. First attested in the early 20th century.11 References