Eritreo

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Eritreo

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin Erythraea, from Ancient Greek Ερυθρά Θάλασσα (Eruthrá Thálassa).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [eriˈtreo]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Hyphenation: E‧ri‧tre‧o

Proper noun[edit]

Eritreo (accusative Eritreon)

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


See also[edit]

Ruĝa Maro
Sudano     
Etiopio Ĝibutio

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From eritreo, from Latin erythraeus (reddish), as it was used in Erythraeum mare (the Erythraean Sea), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, red).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

l'Eritreo m

  1. Ellipsis of il mare Eritreo (the Erythraean Sea)
    • 1785, La Pittura[1], page 22:
      Dall' Atlantico Mare all' Eritreo
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1823, Divino Inno di Mosè dopo passato l'Eritreo[2]:
    • 1832, Il Cantico di Mosè dopo il passaggio dell'Eritreo[3]: