Abyssinia

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From New Latin Abissini[1], from Arabic حَبَشَة (ḥabaša), from حَبَش (ḥabaš, “Abysinnian”).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪniə
  • Rhymes: -ɪnjə

Proper noun

Abyssinia

  1. (historical) Ethiopia.

Translations

Further reading

Adjective

Abyssinia (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Ethiopian; Abyssinian.[3]

Interjection

Abyssinia

  1. (humorous) Expression of farewell: I’ll be seeing ya. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][4]
    From the way that Abyssinia sounds vaguely like I'll be seeing you.

References

  1. ^ “Abyssin, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2011.
  2. ^ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “Abyssinia”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 6.
  3. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 9
  4. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abyssinia”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
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