AMHARA

Meaning of AMHARA in English

[ am'hα:rə ]

■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) a member of a Semitic people of central Ethiopia.

Origin

from ~ , a region of central Ethiopia.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

AMHARA — geographical name former kingdom (now a province) NW Ethiopia capital Gondar
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AMHARA — People of the Ethiopian central highlands. The Amhara number some 18 million and compose almost three-tenths of Ethiopia's population. Their …
Английский словарь Британика
AMHARA — amˈharəˌ -ärə noun ( plural amharas or amhara ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a Semitic-speaking people of northern Ethiopia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMHARA — /ahm hahr"euh/ , n. 1. a former kingdom in E Africa: now a province in NW Ethiopia. Cap.: Gondar. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AMHARA — geographical name former kingdom (now a province) NW Ethiopia capital Gondar
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AMHARA — people of the Ethiopian central highlands. The Amhara are one of the two largest ethnolinguistic groups in Ethiopia (the other …
Britannica English vocabulary
AMHARA — n. People of the Ethiopian central highlands. The Amhara number some 18 million and compose almost three-tenths of Ethiopia's population. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
AMHARA — n. Pronunciation: am- ' ha-r ə , äm- ' hä-r ə Function: geographical name former kingdom (now a province) NW …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GONDER — or Gondar geographical name city NW Ethiopia N of Lake Tana capital of Amhara & former capital of Ethiopia population …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OROMO — pejorative Galla Major ethnic group of Ethiopia, numbering more than 20 million, or nearly one-third of the population, and occupying …
Английский словарь Британика
ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH — Independent Christian patriarchate in Ethiopia. Traditionally thought to have been founded by the preaching of the apostle Matthew or the …
Английский словарь Британика
ETHIOPIA — officially Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia formerly Abyssinia Country, eastern Africa. It is situated on the Horn of Africa, the …
Английский словарь Британика
AMHARIC LANGUAGE — Amharic is spoken by more than 18 million people as a first language and is used as a {{link=lingua franca">lingua …
Английский словарь Британика
AMHARIC — (a.) Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic.
Английский словарь Webster
AMHARIC — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GONDER — geographical name or Gon·dar -dər, -ˌdär city NW Ethiopia N of Lake Tana capital of Amhara & former capital of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AMHARIC — noun the amharic language (now the chief language of abyssinia). 2. amharic ·adj of or pertaining to amhara, a division …
Webster English vocab
EASTERN AFRICA — part of sub-Saharan Africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions: East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; and the …
Britannica English vocabulary
ZAGWE DYNASTY — also spelled Zague, line of 12th- and 13th-century Ethiopian kings who combined a nomadic military life with an impassioned desire …
Britannica English vocabulary
TIGRAY — also spelled Tigrai, or Tegray, people of central Eritrea and of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The Tigray speak …
Britannica English vocabulary
STATISTICS: ETHIOPIA
Britannica English vocabulary
SIDAMO — also spelled Sidama, any of the Cushitic-speaking peoples of southwestern Ethiopia who are not Oromo; they are mostly concentrated in …
Britannica English vocabulary
SAHO — also spelled Sao, Shaho, Shoho, or Shiho, also called Afar-saho, language spoken by several peoples, most of whom inhabit the …
Britannica English vocabulary
SAHLE SELASSIE — born 1795 or 1801 died 1847 ruler (181347) of the kingdom of Shewa (Shoa), Ethiopia. He was the grandfather of …
Britannica English vocabulary
OROMO — also called (pejorative) Galla, one of the two largest ethnolinguistic groups of Ethiopia, constituting nearly one-third of the population and …
Britannica English vocabulary
LALIBELA — historically Roha religious and pilgrimage centre, north-central Ethiopia. Roha, capital of the Zague dynasty for about 300 years, was renamed …
Britannica English vocabulary
HARER — also spelled Harar city, eastern Ethiopia, in the Ch'erch'er Mountains, at an elevation of 6,000 feet (1,800 metres). Probably founded …
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ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU — highlands covering much of Ethiopia and central Eritrea. They consist of the rugged Western Highlands and the more limited Eastern …
Britannica English vocabulary
ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH — also called Ethiopian Church, Ge'ez Tewahdo independent Christian patriarchate in Ethiopia holding to Monophysite (q.v.) doctrine, that is, that Christ …
Britannica English vocabulary
ETHIOPIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped green-yellow-red national flag with a central blue disk bearing a yellow star in outline. The flag's width-to-length ratio …
Britannica English vocabulary
ETHIOPIA — Amharic Ityop'iya landlocked country of eastern Africa, situated on the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered on the north by …
Britannica English vocabulary
ERITREA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of triangles of green, red, and blue and a yellow emblem off-centre toward the hoist. The flag's …
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