Ethiopian

Ethiopian [ee-thee-oh-pee-uh n] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

1. of or relating to Ethiopia or to its inhabitants.
2. belonging to the part of Africa south of the equator.
3. Zoogeography. belonging to a geographical division comprising Africa south of the tropic of Cancer, the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and Madagascar.
4. Archaic. black African.

noun

5. a native of Ethiopia.
6. a member of any of various supposedly dark-skinned peoples regarded by the ancients as coming from a country lying south of Egypt.
7. Archaic. a black African.

Origin of Ethiopian First recorded in 1545–55; Ethiopi(a) + -an Related formspro-E·thi·o·pi·an, adjective, noun Examples from the Web for ethiopian Contemporary Examples of ethiopian

That marked the beginning of a fruitful long-term relationship with his Ethiopian clients.

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Brendon Hong

August 23, 2014

Co-pilot on Ethiopian Airlines waited until pilot went to the bathroom and locked him out of the cockpit.

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P. J. O’Rourke

February 21, 2014

Ethiopian Airlines wishes to apologize to its esteemed customers for the inconvenience caused by this diversion.

Inside The Ethiopian Airlines Hijacking Terror

Barbie Latza Nadeau

February 18, 2014

Ethiopian Airlines issued a statement apologizing for the incident.

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Barbie Latza Nadeau

February 18, 2014

Ethiopian Christians, for instance, depicted Christ—and other biblical figures—as Ethiopians.

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Jamelle Bouie

December 12, 2013

Historical Examples of ethiopian

A second and a third time the Ethiopian touched him with his wand, and spoke in whispers.

Philothea

Lydia Maria Child

Minerva denies to an Ethiopian to celebrate the wars of generals.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917

Various

That mask, as of a white Ethiopian, would be superb in marble.

The Nabob

Alphonse Daudet

The world, he declared, was fallen into disorder, like the hair of an Ethiopian.

The Best Short Stories of 1917

Various

The Ethiopian said, ‘How can I know, unless some man do teach me?’

Loss and Gain

John Henry Newman

British Dictionary definitions for ethiopian Ethiopian adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Ethiopia, its people, or any of their languages
2. of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Africa south of the Sahara
3. 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

4. a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia
5. any of the languages of Ethiopia, esp Amharic

noun, adjective

6. an archaic word for Black