Ethiopian
[ ee-thee-oh-pee-uh n ]
/ ˌi θiˈoʊ pi ən /
adjective
of or relating to Ethiopia or to its inhabitants.
belonging to the part of Africa south of the equator.
Zoogeography.
belonging to a geographical division comprising Africa south of the tropic of Cancer, the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and Madagascar.
Archaic.
black African.
noun
Origin of Ethiopian
First recorded in 1545–55;
Ethiopi(a) +
-an
OTHER WORDS FROM Ethiopian
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British Dictionary definitions for ethiopian
Ethiopian
/ (ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪən) /
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of Ethiopia, its people, or any of their languages
of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Africa south of the Sahara
anthropol obsolete
of or belonging to a postulated racial group characterized by dark skin, an oval elongated face, and thin lips, living chiefly in Africa south of the Sahara
noun
a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia
any of the languages of Ethiopia, esp Amharic
noun, adjective
an archaic word for Black