Ethiopia
[ ee-thee-oh-pee-uh ]
/ ˌi θiˈoʊ pi ə /
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noun
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Words nearby Ethiopia
ethinamate, ethine, ethion, ethionamide, Ethiop, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Ethiopian Church, Ethiopic, ethmoid, ethnarch
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British Dictionary definitions for Ethiopia
Ethiopia
/ (ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪə) /
noun
a state in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: consolidated as an empire under Menelik II (1889–1913); federated with Eritrea from 1952 until 1993; Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed by the military in 1974 and the monarchy was abolished in 1975; an independence movement in Eritrea was engaged in war with the government from 1961 until 1993. It lies along the Great Rift Valley and consists of deserts in the southeast and northeast and a high central plateau with many rivers (including the Blue Nile) and mountains rising over 4500 m (15 000 ft); the main export is coffee. Language: Amharic. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: birr. Capital: Addis Ababa. Pop: 93 877 025 (2013 est). Area: 1 128 215 sq km (435 614 sq miles)Former name: Abyssinia
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Cultural definitions for Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Country in northeastern Africa bordered by Eritrea to the northeast, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, and Sudan to the west. Formerly called Abyssinia. Its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa.
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Ethiopia is Black Africa's oldest state, tracing its history back more than two thousand years.
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Ethiopia is one of the world's oldest Christian nations, having been converted in the fourth century.
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Ethiopia was ruled from 1930 to 1936 and again from 1941 to 1974 by the powerful and charismatic Emperor Haile Selassie I (born Ras Tafari Makonnen). Called the “Lion of Judah,” he claimed direct descent from the biblical King Solomon and Queen of Sheba.
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Selassie was overthrown by a military junta, which proclaimed a communist government and became closely allied with the Soviet Union.
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The junta was overthrown in 1991 and the first multiparty elections were held in 1995.
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The country was plagued by famine and economic chaos in the 1980s and 1990s.
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