Abyssinia

Ab·ys·sin·i·a  (b-sn-)

See Ethiopia.

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Abys·sini·an adj. & n.

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Abyssinia - Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya Rastafarian - (Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, New Flower - the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia Horn of Africa, Somali peninsula - a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean Lake Tana, Lake Tsana - a lake in northern Ethiopia; the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile Ethiopian - a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia