Habeşistan

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A combination of the Arabic name حَبَش (ḥabaš, Abysinnia) with the Persian suffix ـِستَان (-stan).

Proper noun[edit]

Habeşistan

  1. Abyssinia (historical name of Ethiopia and Eritrea)