Falasha
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Ethiopian Jew; Beta Israel derogatory
"The master bedroom is a jewelry workshop where we find Rikki, an Ethiopian Jewish refugee, a Falasha, in a leopard-print leotard and safety goggles, armed with a soldering gun, bent over a trestle table making exquisite pendants and earrings of silver and nickel and amber."
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More examples"The master bedroom is a jewelry workshop where we find Rikki, an Ethiopian Jewish refugee, a Falasha, in a leopard-print leotard and safety goggles, armed with a soldering gun, bent over a trestle table making exquisite pendants and earrings of silver and nickel and amber."
Etymology
From an Ethiopic-language term, possibly Ge'ez ፈላሻ (fälaša), meaning wanderer, migrant, nomad.