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Habesha.

a member of a Semitic-speaking ethnic group, of Christian faith, between the Blue Nile and the Red Sea (whether Amhara, Tigrayan or Tigrinya)

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a member of a Semitic-speaking ethnic group, of Christian faith, between the Blue Nile and the Red Sea (whether Amhara, Tigrayan or Tigrinya)

Where this word comes from

From Tigrinya ሓበሻ (ḥabäša) or Amharic ሐበሻ (ḥäbäša) (also attested in many other variants: ሀበሻ (häbäša), ሃበሻ (habäša), ሀቢሻ (häbiša), አበሻ (ʾäbäša)), from Ge'ez ሓበሠት (ḥabäśät), ሓበሥ (ḥabäś), from earlier inscriptional and unvocalized Ge'ez ሐበሠተ (ḤBŚT) as attested in at least one 4th-century inscription from the Kingdom of Aksum.

name
  1. the region of Ethiopia and Eritrea, particularly as inhabited by Semitic-speaking Christians

  2. the country of Ethiopia

Where this word comes from

From Tigrinya ሓበሻ (ḥabäša) or Amharic ሐበሻ (ḥäbäša) (also attested in many other variants: ሀበሻ (häbäša), ሃበሻ (habäša), ሀቢሻ (häbiša), አበሻ (ʾäbäša)), from Ge'ez ሓበሠት (ḥabäśät), ሓበሥ (ḥabäś), from earlier inscriptional and unvocalized Ge'ez ሐበሠተ (ḤBŚT) as attested in at least one 4th-century inscription from the Kingdom of Aksum.

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