Eritrea
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/, /ˌɪɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹi.ə/, /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪə/, /ˌɪɹɪˈtɹeɪə/
- Rhymes: -eɪə
Audio (UK) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
- A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
- The modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s)
- (historical) A former province of or in union with Ethiopia.
- (historical, from 1890) A former colony of Italy.
HypernymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- Eritrean (adjective/noun)
TranslationsEdit
country in Eastern Africa
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See alsoEdit
- Asmara
- Countries of the world
- Italian Eritrea
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa; capital: Asmara)
Derived termsEdit
BretonEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.ɾiˈtɾɛ.ə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /e.ɾiˈtɾɛ.a/
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea f
Related termsEdit
Central Huasteca NahuatlEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
Central NahuatlEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea f (related adjective eritrejský, demonym Eritrejec)
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea; capital: Asmara)
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
DanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea n
Derived termsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Eritrea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Eritrea | — | ||
| genitive | Eritrean | — | ||
| partitive | Eritreaa | — | ||
| illative | Eritreaan | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Eritrea | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Eritrea | — | |
| gen. | Eritrean | |||
| genitive | Eritrean | — | ||
| partitive | Eritreaa | — | ||
| inessive | Eritreassa | — | ||
| elative | Eritreasta | — | ||
| illative | Eritreaan | — | ||
| adessive | Eritrealla | — | ||
| ablative | Eritrealta | — | ||
| allative | Eritrealle | — | ||
| essive | Eritreana | — | ||
| translative | Eritreaksi | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| abessive | Eritreatta | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea n (proper noun, genitive Eritreas or (optionally with an article) Eritrea)
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa)
Derived termsEdit
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Eritrea | — |
| accusative | Eritreát | — |
| dative | Eritreának | — |
| instrumental | Eritreával | — |
| causal-final | Eritreáért | — |
| translative | Eritreává | — |
| terminative | Eritreáig | — |
| essive-formal | Eritreaként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Eritreában | — |
| superessive | Eritreán | — |
| adessive | Eritreánál | — |
| illative | Eritreába | — |
| sublative | Eritreára | — |
| allative | Eritreához | — |
| elative | Eritreából | — |
| delative | Eritreáról | — |
| ablative | Eritreától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Eritreáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Eritreáéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Eritrea | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Eritreám | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Eritreád | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Eritreája | — |
| 1st person plural | Eritreánk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Eritreátok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Eritreájuk | — |
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InterlinguaEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
First used as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
l'Eritrea f
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DescendantsEdit
- → Arabic: إِرِيتْرِيَا (ʔirītriyā)
- → English: Eritrea
- → French: Érythrée, Erythrée (semantic loan)
- → German: Eritrea
- → New Latin: Erythraea (“Eritrea”) (learned)
- → German: Erythräa
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
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Norwegian NynorskEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
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SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea f
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SwahiliEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea
- Eritrea (country)
See alsoEdit
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
SwedishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Eritrea n (genitive Eritreas)
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa)