Eritrea

//ˌɛɹ.ɪˈtɹeɪ.ə// name

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  1. 1
    A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.; The modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s).

    "Close to the border with Eritrea, its ethereal, Martian landscape sits within the Danakil Depression."

  2. 2
    A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.; A former province of or in union with Ethiopia. historical
  3. 3
    A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.; A former colony of Italy. historical

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state of eritrea

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"Eritrea is called "Erta" in Tigrinya."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

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