Ethiopian
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Ethiopia or to its inhabitants.
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belonging to the part of Africa south of the equator.
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Zoogeography. belonging to a geographical division comprising Africa south of the tropic of Cancer, the southern part of Arabia, and Madagascar.
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Archaic. Black African.
noun
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Ethiopians
plural
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a native of Ethiopia.
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a member of any of various supposedly dark-skinned peoples regarded by the ancients as coming from a country lying south of Egypt.
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Archaic. a Black African.
adjective
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of, relating to, or characteristic of Ethiopia, its people, or any of their languages
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of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Africa south of the Sahara
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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
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia
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any of the languages of Ethiopia, esp Amharic
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Etymology
Origin of Ethiopian
First recorded in 1545–55; Ethiopi(a) + -an
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Ayana had an Eritrean mother and an Ethiopian father who fled the war between their two countries and were admitted to the United States.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 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
Last week, former Ethiopian Airlines boss Tewolde Gebremariam became Air India's new chief executive.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Amanuel told AFP that he wants to form alliances with anyone fighting the Ethiopian federal government, but gave no further details.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“She said we’re all foreigners, and this is a team where everybody unites,” recalled Yousph Woldeyesus, an Ethiopian player.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
The victims, aged between 7 and 46, were mostly Iraqi Kurds, but also included Afghans, Ethiopians and Egyptians.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
It added that "to date" nearly 2,000 Ethiopians had "benefited from royal amnesties" - without mentioning the crimes or sentences.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Ahmed, though, is facing growing domestic pressure to reduce the steep prices Ethiopians pay for imports, from food to fuel, which principally come via ports in Djibouti, Somalia, and Kenya.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
The GERD, whose construction began in 2011, was financed through taxes and loans from Ethiopians.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
Before their party approached, ready to leave for Mecca, we were able to talk enough to exchange that I was American and they were Ethiopians.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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