Abyssinia
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin Abissīni,[1] of Abissīnus (“Abyssinian, Ethiopian”), from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša), from حَبَش (ḥabaš, “Abyssinian”).[2] The humorous use of Abyssinia as a parting phrase is due to its phonetic resemblance to I'll be seeing ya.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.i.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.i.ə/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.i.ə/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.jə/
- Rhymes: -ɪniə
- Rhymes: -ɪnjə
Proper noun
[edit]Abyssinia
- (historical) The Ethiopian Empire, a former empire in East Africa, consisting of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Translations
[edit]historical name of the Ethiopian Empire - Ethiopia and Eritrea
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Further reading
[edit]- Ethiopian Empire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ethiopia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Eritrea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Adjective
[edit]Abyssinia (not comparable)
Interjection
[edit]Abyssinia
References
[edit]- ^ “Abyssin, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
- ^ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “Abyssinia”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 6.
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 9
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abyssinia”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
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