When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Ethiopia, Be Happy - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia,_Be_happy

    "Ethiopia, Be Happy" (Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ ሆይ ደስ ይበልሽ, romanized: Ityoṗya hoy des ybelish) was the national anthem of the Ethiopian Empire during the rule of Emperor Haile Selassie I. Composed by Kevork Nalbandian in 1926, the anthem was first performed during the coronation of the Emperor on 2 November 1930.

  3. Tizita - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizita

    The term tizita is distinctly Amharic, there's no Geez equivalent, as opposed to the term nafkot which belongs to both languages with the same meaning (regret, emotion linked to a remembrance). [3] Tizita folk songs developed in the countryside by the Amhara peasantry and the village musicians called the Azmaris .

  4. Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia be first - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia,_Ethiopia...

    Ītyoṗya, Ītyoṗya, Ītyoṗya, qidämī (Amharic: ኢትዮጵያ ኢትዮጵያ ኢትዮጵያ ቅደሚ, "Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia be first") was the national anthem of Ethiopia from 1975 to 1992, during the Derg military junta of Mengistu Haile Mariam.

  5. March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_Forward,_Dear_Mother...

    March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia" (Amharic: ወደፊት ገስግሺ ውድ እናት ኢትዮጵያ, romanized: Wedefīt Gesigishī Wid Inat ītiyop’iya [1]), also known by its incipit as "Honour of Citizenship" (Amharic: የዜግነት ክብር, romanized: Yezēginet Kibir), is the national anthem of Ethiopia.

  6. Devanagari transliteration - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari_transliteration

    Hinglish refers to the non-standardised Romanised Hindi used online, and especially on social media. In India, Romanised Hindi is the dominant form of expression online. In an analysis of YouTube comments, Palakodety et al., identified that 52% of comments were in Romanised Hindi, 46% in English, and 1% in Devanagari Hindi. [21]

  7. Lyrics - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrics

    The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, as a "librettist". Rap songs and grime contain rap lyrics (often with a variation of rhyming words) that are meant to be spoken rhythmically rather than sung. The meaning of lyrics can ...

  8. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of...

    In some cases words have entered the English language by multiple routes - occasionally ending up with different meanings, spellings, or pronunciations, just as with words with European etymologies. Many entered English during the British Raj in colonial India. These borrowings, dating back to the colonial period, are often labeled as "Anglo ...

  9. Languages of Ethiopia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Ethiopia

    Amharic was the language of primary school instruction, but has been replaced in many areas by regional languages such as Oromo, Somali or Tigrinya. [16] While all languages enjoy equal state recognition in the 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia [ 17 ] and Oromo is the most populous language by native speakers, Amharic is the most populous by number ...