Amhara

[ ahm-hahr-uh ]
/ ɑmˈhɑr ə /

noun

a former kingdom in E Africa: now a province in NW Ethiopia. Capital: Gondar.
a member of an agricultural, Amharic-speaking Christian people of central Ethiopia descended from Semites who began conquering the land in the sixth century b.c.

Example sentences from the Web for amhara

  • He now became sovereign of Tigre and Amhara, the principal provinces of Abyssinia.

    Our Soldiers |W.H.G. Kingston

  • Tigre and Amhara constitute one kingdom, and Shoa another; they are all divided into a great number of smaller provinces.

    Alden's Handy Atlas of the World |John B. Alden

British Dictionary definitions for amhara

Amhara
/ (æmˈhɑːrə) /

noun

a region of NW Ethiopia: formerly a kingdom
an inhabitant of the former kingdom of Amhara