Abyssinia

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Arabic حبشة (ḥabaša), from حبش (ḥabaš, “Abysinnian”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (RP) IPA: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.i.ə/
  • (US) IPA: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.i.ə/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.i.ə/, /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.jə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪniə
  • Rhymes: -ɪnjə

Proper noun

Abyssinia

  1. (dated) Historical name of Ethiopia.

Translations

historical name of Ethiopia

Adjective

Abyssinia (not comparable)

  1. (dated) Ethiopian; Abyssinian.[2]

Interjection

Abyssinia

  1. (slang) Expression of farewell I’ll be seeing ya. [First attested in the mid 20th century.][3]

References

  1. ^ 1971 [1969], Morris, William editor, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, NY: American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc., ISBN 0-395-09066-0, page 6:
  2. ^ 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 9:
  3. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 11:
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