Tigré
[ tee-grey ]
/ tiˈgreɪ /
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noun
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
a member of a nomadic, Tigrinya-speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
a member of an agricultural, Tigré-speaking people of northern Ethiopia.
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Tigre
Tigray
/ (ˈtiːɡreɪ) /
noun
an autonomous region of N Ethiopia, bordering on Eritrea: formerly a separate kingdom. Capital: Mekele. Pop: 4 334 996 (2005 est)
a language of NE Ethiopia, belonging to the SE Semitic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family
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