Eritrea
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/, /ˌɪɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹi.ə/, /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪə/, /ˌɪɹɪˈtɹeɪə/
- Rhymes: -eɪə
Audio (UK): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
editEritrea
- 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.
Hypernyms
editDerived terms
edit- Eritrean (adjective/noun)
Translations
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See also
edit- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
- 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
Anagrams
editAfrikaans
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea; capital: Asmara)
Derived terms
editBreton
editProper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Catalan
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɾiˈtɾe.ə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [e.ɾiˈtɾe.a]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Proper noun
editEritrea f
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Related terms
editCentral Huasteca Nahuatl
editProper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Central Nahuatl
editProper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Czech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editEritrea f (relational adjective eritrejský, demonym Eritrejec)
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Declension
editFurther reading
editDanish
editProper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editEritrea n
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Eritrea on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈeritreɑ/, [ˈe̞rit̪ˌre̞ɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -eɑ
- Syllabification(key): E‧rit‧re‧a
- Hyphenation(key): E‧rit‧rea
Proper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Declension
editInflection 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 | — | |
abessive | Eritreatta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
editGalician
editProper noun
editEritrea f
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Related terms
editGerman
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editEritrea n (proper noun, genitive Eritreas or (optionally with an article) Eritrea)
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- Ägypten
- Algerien
- Angola
- Äquatorialguinea
- Äthiopien
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Demokratische Republik Kongo
- Dschibuti
- Elfenbeinküste
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Gabun
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kamerun
- Kap Verde
- Kenia
- Komoren
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libyen
- Madagaskar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokko
- Mauretanien
- Mauritius
- Mosambik
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Republik Kongo
- Ruanda
- Sambia
- Senegal
- Seychellen
- Sierra Leone
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- Südafrika
- Sudan
- Südsudan
- São Tomé und Príncipe
- Tansania
- Togo
- Tschad
- Tunesien
- Uganda
- Zentralafrikanische Republik
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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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 | — |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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1st person sing. | Eritreám | — |
2nd person sing. | Eritreád | — |
3rd person sing. | Eritreája | — |
1st person plural | Eritreánk | — |
2nd person plural | Eritreátok | — |
3rd person plural | Eritreájuk | — |
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- Algéria
- Angola
- Benin
- Bissau-Guinea
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Comore-szigetek
- Csád
- Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
- Dél-Szudán
- Dzsibuti
- Egyenlítői-Guinea
- Egyiptom
- Elefántcsontpart
- Eritrea
- Etiópia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghána
- Guinea
- Kamerun
- Kenya
- Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság
- Kongói Köztársaság
- Közép-afrikai Köztársaság
- Lesotho
- Libéria
- Líbia
- Madagaszkár
- Malawi
- Mali
- Marokkó
- Mauritánia
- Mauritius
- Mozambik
- Namíbia
- Niger
- Nigéria
- Ruanda
- Seychelle-szigetek
- Sierra Leone
- São Tomé és Príncipe
- Szenegál
- Szomália
- Szudán
- Szváziföld
- Tanzánia
- Togo
- Tunézia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Zöld-foki Köztársaság
Interlingua
editProper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Italian
editEtymology
editFirst 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”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editl'Eritrea f
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Arabic: إِرِيتْرِيَا (ʔirītriyā)
- → English: Eritrea
- → French: Érythrée, Erythrée (semantic loan)
- → German: Eritrea
- → New Latin: Erythraea (“Eritrea”) (learned)
- → German: Erythräa
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Related terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Related terms
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editEritrea f
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Related terms
editSwahili
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editEritrea
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
See also
edit- Afrika Kusini
- Algeria ~ Aljeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Chad ~ Chadi
- Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
- Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
- Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
- Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
- Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
- Jibuti ~ Djibouti
- Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
- Kenya
- Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaska, Bukini
- Malawi, Unyasa
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Misri, Umisri
- Morisi
- Moroko ~ Maroko
- Msumbiji, Mozambik
- Mtakatifu Helena
- Namibia
- Niger ~ Nijeri
- Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
- Rwanda ~ Ruanda
- Réunion
- Sahara ya Magharibi
- Sao Tome na Principe
- Senegal ~ Senegali
- Shelisheli
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Kusini
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Uswazi, Swaziland
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Swedish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editEritrea n (genitive Eritreas)
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Related terms
editReferences
editWelsh
editProper noun
editEritrea f
- Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
Related terms
edit- Eritreaidd (“Eritrean”, adjective)
See also
edit- Angola
- Algeria
- Benin
- Botswana
- Bwrcina Ffaso
- Bwrwndi
- Cabo Verde
- Camerŵn
- Cenia
- De Affrica
- De Swdan
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gini
- Gini Bisaw
- Gini Gyhydeddol
- Gorllewin Sahara
- Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
- Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
- Gweriniaeth y Congo
- Jibwti
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libia
- Madagasgar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mawrisiws
- Mawritania
- Moroco
- Mosambic
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sambia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Simbabwe
- Somalia
- Swdan
- São Tomé a Príncipe
- Tansania
- Tiwnisia
- Togo
- Tsiad
- Wganda
- y Comoros
- y Seychelles
- y Traeth Ifori
- yr Aifft
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪə
- Rhymes:English/eɪə/3 syllables
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Eritrea
- en:Countries in Africa
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Former political divisions
- en:Places in Ethiopia
- en:Former dependent territories
- en:Places in Italy
- Afrikaans terms with audio pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- af:Eritrea
- af:Countries in Africa
- Breton lemmas
- Breton proper nouns
- br:Eritrea
- br:Countries in Africa
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- ca:Eritrea
- ca:Countries in Africa
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Huasteca Nahuatl proper nouns
- nch:Eritrea
- nch:Countries in Africa
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Eritrea
- nhn:Countries in Africa
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech terms with audio pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Eritrea
- cs:Countries in Africa
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech feminine nouns in -ea
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Eritrea
- da:Countries in Africa
- Dutch terms borrowed from Italian
- Dutch terms derived from Italian
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːaː
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Eritrea
- nl:Countries in Africa
- Finnish terms derived from Italian
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/eɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/eɑ/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Eritrea
- fi:Countries in Africa
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Galician lemmas
- Galician proper nouns
- Galician feminine nouns
- gl:Eritrea
- gl:Countries in Africa
- German terms borrowed from Italian
- German terms derived from Italian
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms derived from Ancient Greek
- German 4-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Eritrea
- de:Countries in Africa
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒ/4 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Eritrea
- hu:Countries in Africa
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua proper nouns
- ia:Eritrea
- ia:Countries in Africa
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛa
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛa/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Eritrea
- it:Countries in Africa
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Eritrea
- nb:Countries in Africa
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Eritrea
- nn:Countries in Africa
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ea
- Rhymes:Spanish/ea/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Eritrea
- es:Countries in Africa
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Eritrea
- sw:Countries in Africa
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Eritrea
- sv:Countries in Africa
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh proper nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Eritrea
- cy:Countries in Africa