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Ethiopian

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E·thi·o·pi·an  (th-p-n)
adj.
1. Of or relating to Ethiopia or its peoples or cultures.
2. Of or relating to the zoogeographic region that includes Africa and most of Arabia.
n.
A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia.

Ethiopian
Adjective
of Ethiopia
Noun
a person from Ethiopia
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.EthiopianEthiopian - a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia  
Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya - Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
African - a native or inhabitant of Africa
Amhara - a member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia
Eritrean - a native or inhabitant of Eritrea
Adj.1.Ethiopian - of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages; "Ethiopian immigrants"
Translations
Ethiopian [iːθɪˈəupɪən] adj, netíope m/f
Ethiopian [iːθɪˈəupɪən] adjéthiopien(ne)
nÉthiopien(ne)
Ethiopian [iːθɪˈəupɪən] Ethiopia adjäthiopisch
nÄthiopier(in) m(f)
Ethiopian [iːθɪˈəupɪən] adj, netiope (m/f)


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For this purpose, ``he stained his hair and his whole body entirely as black as jet, so that nothing was white but his teeth,'' and succeeded in imposing himself on the king, as an Ethiopian minstrel.
`Shall the leopard change his spots, or the Ethiopian his skin,' you know?
In spite of his gaudy and ridiculous garb, the Ethiopian displayed a natural barbaric dignity as he stood, offering the cards suavely to some, allowing others to pass unmolested.
 
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