Abyssinia

//ˌæ.bɪˈsɪ.nɪ.ə//

Synonyms for "abyssinia" (1 found)

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ethiopia

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Synonyms

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ethiopia

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historical jocular

related to

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abyssinian ethiopia ethiopian

Translations

49 translations across 43 languages.

Amharic

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አቢሲንያ name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Arabic

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الْحَبَشَة name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Armenian

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Հաբեշստան name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Azerbaijani

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Həbəşistan name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Bulgarian

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Абиси́ния name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Catalan

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Abissínia name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Chinese Mandarin

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阿比西尼亞 /阿比西尼亚 name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Czech

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Habeš name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Danish

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Abessinien name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Dutch

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Abessinië name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Finnish

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Abessinia name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

French

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Abyssinie name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Ge'ez

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but see ሐበሠት name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

German

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Abessinien name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)
Habesch name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Greek

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Αβησσυνία name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Hebrew

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חבש name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Hindi

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हबश name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)
हबस name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Hungarian

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Abesszínia name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Ido

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Abisinia name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Irish

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An Aibisín name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Japanese

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アビシニア name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Korean

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아비시니아 name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Malay

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but see Habsyah name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Manx

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Yn Abysseen name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Abessinia name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Abessinia name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Ottoman Turkish

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but see حبش name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Persian

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حبشه name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Polish

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Abisynia name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Portuguese

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Abissínia name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Romanian

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Abisinia name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Russian

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Абисси́ния name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Sabaean

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but see 𐩢𐩨𐩦𐩩 name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)
𐩱𐩢𐩨𐩦 name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Serbo-Croatian

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Abesinija name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)
Abisinija name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)
Абесинија name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)
Абисинија name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Spanish

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Abisinia name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Swedish

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Abessinien name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Tagalog

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Abisinya name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Tajik

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Ҳабашистон name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Turkish

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Habeşistan name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Ukrainian

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Абіссі́нія name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Urdu

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حبش name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Uyghur

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ھەبەشىستان name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Uzbek

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Habashiston name (historical exonym of Ethiopia, used until the mid 20th century)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Since the end of the eighteenth century, the group of peoples who spread, probably from the Arabian peninsula, to Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine around 3000 BCE — and, before 700 BC from southern Arabia to Abyssinia, on the opposite African mainland — have been designated as Semites. They were so called after Shem, who, according to the first Book of Moses, chapter 10, was the eldest son of Noah.

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Beyond the British Islands the Wood Warbler is found throughout Europe, though rare in the north, and it extends eastward to Siberia and southward to Algeria, Egypt and Abyssinia.

Source: tatoeba (11986759)

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