Ethiopia


Ethi·o·pia

geographical name \ˌē-thē-ˈō-pē-ə\

Definition of ETHIOPIA

1
ancient country NE Africa bordering on Red Sea and extending from S Egypt to N (present-day) Ethiopia
2
or historically Ab·ys·sin·ia \ˌa-bə-ˈsi-nē-ə, -nyə\ country E Africa; formerly an empire; since 1975 a republic Addis Ababa area 426,370 square miles (1,104,298 square kilometers), pop 73,053,000

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