Habesha

English Alternative forms en Habeshah Etymology From en ti ሓበሻ or en am ሐበሻ (also attested in many other variants: am ሀበሻ, am ሃበሻ, am ሀቢሻ, am አበሻ), from en gez ሓበሠት, gez ሓበሥ, from earlier inscriptional and unvocalized Ge'ez gez ሐበሠተ ḤBŚT as attested in at least one 4th-century inscription from the Kingdom of Aksum. Noun * s a member of a Semitic-speaking ethnic group, of Christian faith, between the Blue Nile and the Red Sea whether Amhara, Tigrayan or Tigrinya en American University (Washington, D.C.), Foreign Area Studies; Harold D. Nelson, Irving Kaplan (editors) Ethiopia, a Country Study page 15 1981 Portugal, the first power to circumnavigate Africa and enter the Indian Ocean, displayed primary interest in this potential ally of the West and sent a representative to Ethiopia in 1493; the Habesha, in turn, sent an envoy to Portugal in 1509 to request a coordinated attack on the Muslims. en Dennis B. Fradin Ethiopia page 21 1988 Some of these people became known as the Habesha. Abyssinia – an ancient name for Ethiopia that is still sometimes used – is thought to have evolved from the name Habesha. Proper noun the region of Ethiopia and Eritrea, particularly as inhabited by Semitic-speaking Christians the country of Ethiopia en Negussay Ayele Wit and Wisdom of Ethiopia page 124 1998 Ethiopia ኢትዮጵያ / Habesha አበሻ. The outside world has at times referred to Ethiopia and Ethiopians as Habesha or Abyssinia and Abyssinians.