Ethiopian

[ ee-thee-oh-pee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to Ethiopia or to its inhabitants.
belonging to the part of Africa south of the equator.
Zoogeography. belonging to a geographical division comprising Africa south of the tropic of Cancer, the southern part of Arabia, and Madagascar.
Archaic. Black African.

a native of Ethiopia.
a member of any of various supposedly dark-skinned peoples regarded by the ancients as coming from a country lying south of Egypt.
Archaic. a Black African.

Ethiopian

/ ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪən /

of, relating to, or characteristic of Ethiopia, its people, or any of their languages
of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Africa south of the Sahara
obsolete.
anthropol of or belonging to a postulated racial group characterized by dark skin, an oval elongated face, and thin lips, living chiefly in Africa south of the Sahara

First recorded in 1545–55; Ethiopi(a) + -an

That marked the beginning of a fruitful long-term relationship with his Ethiopian clients.

Co-pilot on Ethiopian Airlines waited until pilot went to the bathroom and locked him out of the cockpit.

Ethiopian Airlines wishes to apologize to its esteemed customers for the inconvenience caused by this diversion.

Ethiopian Airlines issued a statement apologizing for the incident.

Ethiopian Christians, for instance, depicted Christ—and other biblical figures—as Ethiopians.

If the Ethiopian can change his skin, or the leopard his spots: you also may do well, when you have learned evil.

How delightful to avoid the commonplace Pharaohs, Ethiopian princesses, poisoned cups, and all the rest of these dolls tales!

But the answer came, "Though your face were changed black as an Ethiopian's, yet she would love you!"

If you were an Ethiopian serenader, you would be a loss to me.

More than ever did the insidious poison of the Ethiopian preacher of whom mention has been made, come back to his mind.

Browse