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Definition of Ethiopian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages. "Ethiopian immigrants"

Definition of Ethiopian

1. a. Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.

Definition of Ethiopian

1. Noun. A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethiopian

Literary usage of Ethiopian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"Although the Ethiopian local authorities by their attitude may have given the impression that they had aggressive intentions, nevertheless the Ethiopian ..."

2. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1895)
"Regarded as a whole, the Ethiopian is poorest in land Mollusca of all the ... In its negative, as well as its positive features, the Ethiopian region is ..."

3. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"At that river begins the Ethiopian ... which is near 200 leagues, is called the Ethiopian ... Ethiopian ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Dynasty, and succeeded m establishing his authority; and for several generations Ethiopian influence was predominant in Egypt. Tirhakah especially was a ..."

5. The Geography of Mammals by William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater (1899)
"Summarizing these results, therefore, we find that the Ethiopian Region is ... SUBDIVISION OF THE Ethiopian REGION In dividing the Ethiopian Region into ..."

6. A History of Babylonia and Assyria by Robert William Rogers (1900)
"An Ethiopian dynasty was now ruling, nominally at least, over the whole land of Egypt. But there is evidence enough to show that the Ethiopian king could ..."

7. A History of Egypt by Sir John Pentland Mahaffy, Joseph Grafton Milne, Stanley Lane-Poole, William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1905)
"THE Ethiopian DOMINION. IN dealing with the age of the control of ... by the Ethiopian kings of Napata, it is best to regard their power as a whole ..."

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