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Eritrea.

A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/Received-Pronunciation/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹiː.ə/Received-Pronunciation/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹɛjə/British, Southern, Standard/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹɪjə/British, Southern, Standard

  1. A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara. The modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s).

  2. A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara. A former province of or in union with Ethiopia.

    historical

  3. A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara. A former colony of Italy.

    historical
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Italian colonia Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós Proto-Hellenic *erutʰrós Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós) Ancient Greek ἐρυθραῖος (eruthraîos)lbor. Latin erythraeus Italian eritreo Italian eritrea Italian la Colonia eritreaellip. Italian (l')Eritreabor. English Eritrea Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

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