Amhara

American  

[ahm-hahr-uh] / ɑmˈhɑr ə /

noun

1. Also called Amhara Region. Official Name Amhara National Regional State. a regional state in northern Ethiopia: site of Lake Tana. Bahir Dah.

2. a region of the former Ethiopian Empire comprising several provinces, large portions of which are part of the modern Amhara Region.

3. a member of an Amharic-speaking, traditionally agricultural, predominantly Christian people of central Ethiopia, descended from Cushitic peoples already living in the region and Semitic peoples who arrived in the sixth century b.c.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the Amhara.

Amhara British  

/ æmˈhɑːrə /

noun

1. a region of NW Ethiopia: formerly a kingdom

2. an inhabitant of the former kingdom of Amhara

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Etymology

Origin of Amhara

First recorded in 1830–40; from Amharic Amara, a self-designation, from Geez ʾAmḥārā, the name of a historical province of central and northwestern Ethiopia

Example Sentences

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Amhara

The rebels initially made advances in neighbouring Afar and Amhara states, working alongside local militias.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Besides Oromia, Amhara and Tigray, the new alliance also includes groups based in three other regions - Ogaden, Afar and Benishangul-Gumuz – making up a half of Ethiopia's 12 regional states.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Ethiopia has faced years of armed conflict in Oromia and Amhara, the most populous states in the country.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

"Bringing together groups with contending understandings of the Ethiopian state, for the first time ever, itself has been a successful exercise," said Alamrew Yirdaw, a participant from the Amhara region.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Marie was shortly succeeded in the ras-ship of Amhara by Ali, a nephew of Guxa and a Mahommedan.

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