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Abyssinia
Abyssinia
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_(cropped).jpg) 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]
- ^ "Abyssinia". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ^ Sven Rubenson, The survival of Ethiopian independence, (Tsehai, 2003), p.30.
- ^ Uhlig, Siegbert, ed. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: D-Ha. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005. p. 948.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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