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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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