Ethiopian (disambiguation)

Look up Ethiopian, Abissinia, Ethiop, Etiopia, or Æthiopia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Ethiopian (from Greek Αἰθίοπας "having a burnt face", also Latinized Ethiopia in historical contexts) may also refer to:

• pertaining to the state of Ethiopia, e.g. Ethiopian Airlines, the national airline of Ethiopia
• a person from Ethiopia, or of Ethiopian descent
  • see people of Ethiopia
  • the demographics of Ethiopia
  • for individuals, see List of Ethiopians
• also Ethiopic, the Ethiopian Semitic languages
  • more specifically, the Ge'ez language

Obsolete usage

Historically, Aethiopian was also used for anything pertaining to Sub-Saharan Africa, e.g:

• • the Ethiopian Ocean, an obsolete name for the South Atlantic
  • the Ethiopian movement
• a historical term for black African, especially in North America, e.g.:
  • the Ethiopian Serenaders
  • Ethiopian Regiment, a regiment of Black Loyalists
  • Peace Movement of Ethiopia
  • Washing the Ethiopian white, a fable

See also

• Ethiopian race (disambiguation)
• Sudan (region)