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词汇 Ethiopia
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Definition of Ethiopia in English:

Ethiopia

proper nounˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪəˌiθiˈoʊpiə
  • A country in north-eastern Africa, on the Red Sea; population 99,400,000 (estimated 2015); languages, Amharic (official), several other Afro-Asiatic languages; capital, Addis Ababa.

    埃塞俄比亚(位于非洲东北部红海之滨,2009年估计人口约85, 237, 300;使用语言为官方语言阿姆哈拉语以及其他几种亚非语系语言;首都亚的斯亚贝巴;原称 A BYSSINIA

    Former name Abyssinia

Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, having a recorded civilization that dates from the 2nd millennium BC. Little known to Europeans until the late 19th century, it was invaded and conquered by Italy in 1935. The emperor Haile Selassie was restored by the British in 1941 and ruled until overthrown in a Marxist coup in 1974. The subsequent period was marked by civil war, fighting against separatist guerrillas in Eritrea and Tigray, and by repeated famines; after the fall of the government in 1991 a multiparty system was adopted

Origin

Via Latin from Greek Aethiops, from aithein 'to burn' + ōps 'the face'.

Rhymes

cornucopia, dystopia, myopia, subtopia, Utopia

Definition of Ethiopia in US English:

Ethiopia

proper nounˌiθiˈoʊpiəˌēTHēˈōpēə
  • A country in northeastern Africa, on the Red Sea; population 99,400,000 (estimated 2015); languages, Amharic (official), several other Afro-Asiatic languages; capital, Addis Ababa.

    埃塞俄比亚(位于非洲东北部红海之滨,2009年估计人口约85, 237, 300;使用语言为官方语言阿姆哈拉语以及其他几种亚非语系语言;首都亚的斯亚贝巴;原称 A BYSSINIA

    Former name Abyssinia

Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, having a recorded civilization that dates from the 2nd millennium BC. Little known to Europeans until the late 19th century, it was invaded and conquered by Italy in 1935. The emperor Haile Selassie was restored by the British in 1941 and ruled until he was overthrown in a Marxist coup in 1974. The subsequent period was marked by civil war, fighting against separatist guerrillas in Eritrea and Tigray, and repeated famines; after the fall of the government in 1991, a multiparty system was adopted, and elections were held in 1995

Origin

Via Latin from Greek Aethiops, from aithein ‘to burn’ + ōps ‘the face’.

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