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Érythrée

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See also: erythree, érythrée, and Erythrée

French

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin erythraeus, as it was used in Erythraeum mare (the Erythraean Sea), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, red). The second sense is a semantic loan from Italian l'Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (Italian Eritrea, literally the Erythraean colony).

Proper noun

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l'Érythrée f

  1. (obsolete or historical) ellipsis of la mer Érythrée (the Erythraean Sea)
    • 1730, Traitez géographiques et historiques[1], pages 40–41:
      En ſecond lieu, ſi l’on dit que les Tyriens ſe ſervirent du même expedient dont commença à uſer Cléopatre après la Bataille d’Actium, & que ces Vaiſſeaux furent tranſportez à force de Bras, & d’Argent, de la mer Mediterranée dans l’Erythrée, l’intervalle de l’une à l’autre n’étant que de trois cens ſtades ; la choſe ne paroîtra pas non plus incroyable.
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    • 1886, Géographie de Strabon[2], pages 95–96:
      [...] il se demande [...] comment il a pu se faire au contraire que l'Érythrée ait conservé son niveau sans baisser.
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  2. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea) [from 20th c.]
Descendants
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  • Haitian Creole: Eritre
  • Persian: اریتره (eritre)
  • Turkish: Eritre

Etymology 2

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From Latin Erythraea, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραία (Eruthraía).

Proper noun

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Érythrée f

  1. (historical) Erythraea (a town in ancient Crete)

Usage notes

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  • In older French practice, capital letters did not take diacritics, so É becomes E. This was mostly done because of technical constraints. Formal orthotypography maintains the diacritics.
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See also

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