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Aethiopia

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See also: aethiopia

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Aethiopia.

Proper noun

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Aethiopia

  1. (historical) Alternative form of Ethiopia (a broad region of eastern Africa)

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía), from Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops), of disputed origin.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Aethiopia f sg (genitive Aethiopiae); first declension

  1. Ethiopia (a historical region in East Africa)
  2. (New Latin) Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Aethiopia
genitive Aethiopiae
dative Aethiopiae
accusative Aethiopiam
ablative Aethiopiā
vocative Aethiopia
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Descendants

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References

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  • Aethiopia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Aethiopia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.