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  2. Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    The Greek name Αἰθιοπία (from Αἰθίοψ, "an Ethiopian") is a compound word, later explained as derived from the Greek words αἴθω and ὤψ (eithō "I burn" + ōps "face"). According to the Liddell-Scott Jones Greek-English Lexicon , the designation properly translates as burnt-face in noun form and red-brown in adjectival ...

  3. Aethiopia - Wikipedia

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    Moreover, when the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek (c. 200 BC), the Hebrew appellation "Kush, Kushite" became in Greek "Aethiopia, Aethiopians", appearing as "Ethiopia, Ethiopians" in the English King James Version. [18] Agatharchides provides a relatively detailed description of the gold mining system of Aethiopia.

  4. History of Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    The Greek name Αἰθιοπία (from Αἰθίοψ, Aithiops, "an Ethiopian") is a compound word, ... In English, and generally outside of Ethiopia, the country was ...

  5. Negus - Wikipedia

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    Negus is a noun derived from the Ge'ez Semitic root ngś, meaning "to reign". The title Negus literally translated to Basileus (Greek: βασιλεύς) in Ancient Greek, which was seen many times on Aksumite currency. The title has subsequently been used to translate the word "king" or "emperor" in Biblical and other literature.

  6. English words of African origin - Wikipedia

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    fanimorous – from Yoruba "fani mọ́ra" meaning "to attract people to you" [10] gerenuk – from Somali. A long-necked antelope in Eastern Africa (Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Djibouti) gnu – from Khoisan!nu through Khoikhoi i-ngu and Dutch gnoe; goober – possibly from Bantu ; gumbo – from Bantu Kongo languages ngombo meaning ...

  7. Amharic - Wikipedia

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    The word Rastafari comes from Ras Täfäri, the pre-regnal title of Haile Selassie, composed of the Amharic words Ras (literally "Head", an Ethiopian title equivalent to duke) and Haile Selassie's pre-regnal name, Tafari. [55] Many Rastafarians learn Amharic as a second language, as they consider it to be sacred.

  8. Igziabeher - Wikipedia

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    This name addresses THE GOD in holy trinity. In Amharic, bihier, when directly translated into English, means ethnic group. Another, more generic Ethiopian/Eritrean word meaning "God" (including the deities of any other religion) is አምላክ (`amlak) which is descended from the Proto-Semitic term for "king" or "ruler."

  9. Habesha peoples - Wikipedia

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    Habesha peoples (Ge'ez: ሐበሠተ; Amharic: ሐበሻ; Tigrinya: ሓበሻ; commonly used exonym: Abyssinians) is an ethnic or pan-ethnic identifier that has historically been applied to Semitic-speaking, predominantly Oriental Orthodox Christian peoples native to the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea between Asmara and Addis Ababa (i.e. the modern-day Amhara, Tigrayan, Tigrinya peoples ...