Abyssinia

/ˌæ.bɪˈsɪ.nɪ.ə/

Synonyms for "abyssinia" (2 found)

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ethiopian highlands

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abyssinian empireabyssinian highlandsabyssinian kingdom

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abyssinia historyabyssinia regionabyssinian empireabyssinian highlandshistorical abyssinia

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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.

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