Abyssinia

Abyssinia
ሐበሠተ (Ge'ez)
الحبشة (Arabic)
1887 Italian map of Abyssinia
1887 Italian map of Abyssinia
Country Ethiopia
 Eritrea

Abyssinia (/æbɪˈsɪniə/;[1] also known as Abyssinie, Abissinia, Habessinien, or Al-Habash) was an ancient region in the Horn of Africa situated in the northern highlands of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea.[2] The term was widely used as a synonym for Ethiopia until the mid-20th century and primarily designates the Amhara, Tigrayan and Tigrinya-inhabited highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Abyssinia". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
  2. ^ Sven Rubenson, The survival of Ethiopian independence, (Tsehai, 2003), p.30.
  3. ^ Uhlig, Siegbert, ed. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: D-Ha. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005. p. 948.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Breyer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).