Eritrea

See also: eritrea and Erítrea

EnglishEdit

 
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Map of Eritrea.

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
    • (file)

Proper nounEdit

Eritrea

  1. A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
    1. The modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s)
    2. (historical) A former province of or in union with Ethiopia.
    3. (historical, from 1890) A former colony of Italy.

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AfrikaansEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa; capital: Asmara)

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BretonEdit

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Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

CatalanEdit

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Eritrea f

  1. Eritrea (a country in Africa)

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Central Huasteca NahuatlEdit

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Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in Africa)

Central NahuatlEdit

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Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in Africa)

CzechEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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Eritrea f (related adjective eritrejský, demonym Eritrejec)

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea; capital: Asmara)

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Further readingEdit

  • Eritrea in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Eritrea in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Eritrea in Internetová jazyková příručka

DanishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Eritrea

  1. 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).

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Proper nounEdit

Eritrea n

  1. Eritrea

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FinnishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Italian Eritrea.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈeritreɑ/, [ˈe̞rit̪ˌre̞ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -eɑ
  • Syllabification(key): E‧rit‧re‧a

Proper nounEdit

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of Eritrea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of Eritrea (type kulkija)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Eritreani
accusative nom. Eritreani
gen. Eritreani
genitive Eritreani
partitive Eritreaani
inessive Eritreassani
elative Eritreastani
illative Eritreaani
adessive Eritreallani
ablative Eritrealtani
allative Eritrealleni
essive Eritreanani
translative Eritreakseni
instructive
abessive Eritreattani
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Eritreasi
accusative nom. Eritreasi
gen. Eritreasi
genitive Eritreasi
partitive Eritreaasi
inessive Eritreassasi
elative Eritreastasi
illative Eritreaasi
adessive Eritreallasi
ablative Eritrealtasi
allative Eritreallesi
essive Eritreanasi
translative Eritreaksesi
instructive
abessive Eritreattasi
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Eritreamme
accusative nom. Eritreamme
gen. Eritreamme
genitive Eritreamme
partitive Eritreaamme
inessive Eritreassamme
elative Eritreastamme
illative Eritreaamme
adessive Eritreallamme
ablative Eritrealtamme
allative Eritreallemme
essive Eritreanamme
translative Eritreaksemme
instructive
abessive Eritreattamme
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Eritreanne
accusative nom. Eritreanne
gen. Eritreanne
genitive Eritreanne
partitive Eritreaanne
inessive Eritreassanne
elative Eritreastanne
illative Eritreaanne
adessive Eritreallanne
ablative Eritrealtanne
allative Eritreallenne
essive Eritreananne
translative Eritreaksenne
instructive
abessive Eritreattanne
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Eritreansa
accusative nom. Eritreansa
gen. Eritreansa
genitive Eritreansa
partitive Eritreaansa
inessive Eritreassaan
Eritreassansa
elative Eritreastaan
Eritreastansa
illative Eritreaansa
adessive Eritreallaan
Eritreallansa
ablative Eritrealtaan
Eritrealtansa
allative Eritrealleen
Eritreallensa
essive Eritreanaan
Eritreanansa
translative Eritreakseen
Eritreaksensa
instructive
abessive Eritreattaan
Eritreattansa
comitative

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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).

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Proper nounEdit

Eritrea n (proper noun, genitive Eritreas or (optionally with an article) Eritrea)

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa)

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HungarianEdit

 Eritrea on Hungarian Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛritrɛɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Erit‧rea
  • Rhymes:

Proper nounEdit

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in Africa)

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

  1. Eritrea

ItalianEdit

 
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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

  1. Eritrea (a country in Africa)

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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Proper nounEdit

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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Proper nounEdit

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /eɾiˈtɾea/ [e.ɾiˈt̪ɾe.a]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: E‧ri‧tre‧a

Proper nounEdit

Eritrea f

  1. Eritrea

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SwahiliEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (country)

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SwedishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Eritrea n (genitive Eritreas)

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa)

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