Falasha

[fah-lah-shuh, fuh-]

noun, plural Fa·la·shas, (especially collectively) Fa·la·sha.

a member of an Ethiopian people who speak a Hamitic language and who practice a form of Judaism.

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Historical Examples of falasha

Here they were heard of later under the name of Falasha Jews.
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela
Benjamin of Tudela
Then he asked his prisoner if he would again become a Falasha, or if he chose to risk being robbed or beheaded.
The Quiver, Annual Volume 10/1899
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British Dictionary definitions for falasha

Falasha

noun plural -sha or -shas

a member of a tribe of Black Ethiopian Jews

Word Origin for Falasha

from Amharic, from fälasi stranger

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Word Origin and History for falasha

Falasha

"dark-skinned Jewish tribe of Abyssinia," 1710, from Ethiopian, literally "exiled, wanderer, immigrant," from falasa "he wandered."