Ethiopia

geographical name

Ethi·​o·​pia ˌē-thē-ˈō-pē-ə 

1

ancient country in northeastern Africa bordering on the Red Sea and extending from southern Egypt to northern (present-day) Ethiopia

2

or historically Abyssinia

ˌa-bə-ˈsi-nē-ə 

-nyə

landlocked country of eastern Africa; formerly an empire; since 1975 a republic; capital Addis Ababa area 426,373 square miles (1,104,300 square kilometers), population 108,386,000