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Definition of Abyssinia
1. Noun. Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia.
Examples of category: Rastafarian
Generic synonyms: African Country, African Nation
Terms within: Addis Ababa, Capital Of Ethiopia, New Flower, Lake Tana, Lake Tsana
Group relationships: Horn Of Africa, Somali Peninsula, Africa
Member holonyms: Ethiopian
Derivative terms: Ethiopian
Definition of Abyssinia
1. Proper noun. (context dated) historical Historical name of Ethiopia. ¹
2. Interjection. (slang) (non-gloss definition Expression of farewell) (because it sounds like "I’ll be seeing ya"). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abyssinia
Literary usage of Abyssinia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"The modern Abyssinia is a country of East Africa, between the Red Sea and ...
Christianity is now confined to the plateau and mountain regions of Abyssinia. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1854)
"Their vessels, which had traded to Ceylon, ^Ethiopia. The slight notices of
Abyssinia till the year 1500 ars supplied by Renaudot (p. ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"tory of the institutions of Abyssinia." Mr. Plow- den hinted that if ho consented
to the estab- li-!n:¡ent of friendly relations the sea-coast and ..."
4. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"Abyssinia Configuration.—Abyssinia (or Ethiopia) consists geographically of the
rugged plateau country, mostly 8000 feet above sea-level, which surround; ..."
5. All about Coffee by William Harrison Ukers (1922)
"CHAPTER XX CULTIVATION OF THE COFFEE PLANT The early days of coffee culture in
Abyssinia and Arabia—Coffee cultivation in general — Soil, climate, rainfall, ..."
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