ethiopia
noun
Simple meaning
A country in East Africa.
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iθiˈoʊpiə
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noun
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, since 1987.
Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
The Ethiopian Empire, from c. 1270 to 1974; Abyssinia.
Italian Ethiopia, from 1936 to 1941.
A country in East Africa.
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