Tigray

English

Proper noun

Tigray

1. A geographic region of Horn of Africa; the region of the Tigrinya-speaking peoples
2. Ellipsis of Tigray Region.; A region of Ethiopia; the northernmost region of Ethiopia.
3. (historical) Ellipsis of Tigray Province.; A province of Ethiopia; predecessor to the Tigray Region in the Ethiopian Empire

Coordinate terms

• Mekele

Derived terms

• Tigrayan
• Tigray Province
• Tigray Region
• Tigray-Tigrinya

 

Related terms

• Tigrinya

 

Translations

a region in the Horn of Africa

• Amharic: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• French: Tigré (fr) m
• German: Tigray
• Hebrew: טיגראי m (tigráy)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ティグレ州 (Tigure-shū)
• Kunama: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: Tigré m
• Russian: Тыгра́й (ru) m (Tygráj)
• Saho: please add this translation if you can
• Tigre: please add this translation if you can
• Tigrinya: ትግራይ (təgray)