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Falasha
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Fa·la·sha  (f-läsh, fä-)
n. pl. Falasha or Fa·la·shas Often Offensive
An Ethiopian Jew.
[Amharic fälaa, from fäla, migrant, active participle of fälläsä, to migrate; see pl in Semitic roots.]
Falasha [fəˈlæʃə]
n pl -sha, -shas
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) a member of a tribe of Black Ethiopian Jews
[from Amharic, from fälasi stranger]


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Other Ethiopians call the Beta Israel Falashas, strangers, although they buy tools made by Menelik's father, a blacksmith.
Why I Left My Village by Salvadore, Maria B. / The Horn Book Magazine
Called Falashas, or strangers, by other Ethiopians, they call themselves Beta Israel, "Those of the House of Israel.
Day of Delight: A Jewish Sabbath in Ethiopia by Zeiger, Hanna B. / The Horn Book Magazine
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