Eritrea

See also: eritrea and Erítrea

English

Map of Eritrea.

Etymology

From Latin Erythraea, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρά Θάλασσα (Eruthrá Thálassa, Red Sea).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɛ.ɹɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌeɹɪˈtɹiːə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪə

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. The State of Eritrea, a country (since the 1990s) in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea, having Asmara as its capital city, formerly in union with or a province of Ethiopia or a colony of Italy (from 1890).

Hypernyms

Translations

Derived terms

See also

  • Asmara
  • Countries of the world
  • Italian Eritrea

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

Breton

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

Czech

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea f

  1. Eritrea

Further reading

  • Eritrea in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Eritrea in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea n

  1. Eritrea

Finnish

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

Declension

Inflection of Eritrea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Eritrea
genitive Eritrean
partitive Eritreaa
illative Eritreaan
singular plural
nominative Eritrea
accusative nom. Eritrea
gen. Eritrean
genitive Eritrean
partitive Eritreaa
inessive Eritreassa
elative Eritreasta
illative Eritreaan
adessive Eritrealla
ablative Eritrealta
allative Eritrealle
essive Eritreana
translative Eritreaksi
instructive
abessive Eritreatta
comitative

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eʁiˈtʁeː.a/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea n (genitive Eritreas)

  1. Eritrea

Derived terms


Hungarian

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

Interlingua

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

Italian

Proper noun

Eritrea f

  1. Eritrea

Anagrams


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɾiˈtɾea/, [eɾiˈt̪ɾea]

Proper noun

Eritrea f

  1. Eritrea

Swedish

Proper noun

Eritrea n (genitive Eritreas)

  1. Eritrea
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