ethiopia
1Ethiopia — • Includes geography, history, and religion Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ethiopia Ethiopia † …
2ETHIOPIA — (Abyssinia), Christian kingdom in N.E. Africa. Under Egyptian rule from 2000 B.C.E. to about 1000 B.C.E., Ethiopia (Heb. Kush) appears alongside Egypt in the Bible, sharing its prophesied doom (e.g., Isa. 20:3); Tirhakah, the pharaoh, is… …
3Ethiopia — bezeichnet: in der englischen Sprache das afrikanische Land Äthiopien einen Asteroiden, siehe (1432) Ethiopia Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …
4Ethiopia — [ē΄thē ō′pē ə] 1. ancient kingdom (possibly dating to the 10th cent. B.C. ) in NE Africa, on the Red Sea, corresponding to modern Sudan & N Ethiopia (the country) 2. country in E Africa: established, 1855: 426,372 sq mi (1,104,300 sq km); pop. 49 …
5Ethiopia — L. Aethiopia, from Gk. Aithiopia, from Aithiops (see ETHIOP (Cf. Ethiop)). The native name is ABYSSINIA (Cf. Abyssinia) …
6Ethiopia — This article is about the country. For other uses, see Ethiopia (disambiguation). Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ ye Ītyōṗṗyā Fēdēralāwī Dīmōkrāsīyāwī Rīpeblīk …
7Ethiopia — /ee thee oh pee euh/, n. 1. Formerly, Abyssinia. a republic in E Africa: formerly a monarchy. 58,732,577; 409,266 sq. mi. (1,060,000 sq. km). Present boundaries include Eritrea. Cap.: Addis Ababa. 2. Also called Abyssinia. an ancient region in NE …
8Ethiopia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Ethiopia <p></p> Background: <p></p> Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule with the exception of a… …
9Ethiopia — Sometimes called Falashas, meaning strangers. Folklore in Ethiopia and in some traditional Jewish circles explains the existence of the Jewish community in Ethiopia as deriving from the 10th century BC union of Israel s King Solomon and the… …
10Ethiopia — The reunification of Ethiopia, an ancient east African kingdom also known as Abyssinia, was begun in the nineteenth century by Lij Kasa, who conquered Amhara, Gojjam, Tigray, and Shoa, and in 1855 had himself crowned emperor as Tewodros II. He …
