CUSHITIC

Meaning of CUSHITIC in English

Cushitic BrE AmE kʌ ˈʃɪt ɪk kʊ- AmE \ -ˈʃɪt̬-

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CUSHITIC — noun Etymology: Cush (Kush), Africa Date: circa 1903 a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family comprising various languages spoken in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CUSHITIC — I. ˌkəˈshid.ik noun ( -s ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Cushite (I) + -ic : a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CUSHITIC — adj. of or pertaining to the Cushitic group of languages spoken in eastern Africa
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CUSHITIC — n. group of languages spoken in eastern Africa (Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti and Kenya), subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic languages
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CUSHITIC — noun Etymology: Cush (Kush), Africa Date: circa 1903 : a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family comprising various languages spoken …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CUSHITIC — [ kʊ'ʃɪtɪk ] ■ noun a group of East African languages of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken mainly in Ethiopia and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CUSHITIC — [Cush.it.ic] n [Cush (Kush), Africa] (ca. 1903): a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family comprising various languages spoken in eastern …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CUSHITIC — n. & adj. --n. a group of E. African languages of the Hamitic type. --adj. of this group. [Cush an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CUSHITIC — n. & adj. n. a group of E. African languages of the Hamitic type. adj. of this group. [ Cush …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CUSHITIC — n. & adj. --n. a group of E. African languages of the Hamitic type. --adj. of this group. Etymology: Cush …
Oxford English vocab
CUSHITIC — n. Pronunciation: k ə - ' shi-tik, ku ̇ - Function: noun Etymology: Cush (Kush), Africa Date: circa 1903 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CUSHITIC LANGUAGES — group of languages spoken by some 16 million people in Ethiopia and adjacent areas south and east and compromising one …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOMALI — noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: from or akin to ~ Soomaali Date: 1814 a member of a people of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OROMO — noun (plural ~s or ~) Etymology: ~ (western dialect) oromoo, a self-designation, probably from obsolete plural of orma person, stranger …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HAMITIC LANGUAGES — noun plural Date: circa 1890 any of various groupings of non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic languages (as Berber, Egyptian, and Cushitic) that were …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEJA — noun (plural ~) Etymology: Arabic dialect beja, bega, probably ultimately from Geez bega Date: 1819 a member of a pastoral …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AFRO-ASIATIC LANGUAGES — formerly Hamito-Semitic languages Family of about 250 languages spoken in North Africa, parts of sub-Saharan African, and the Middle East. …
Английский словарь Британика
SOMALI — I. sōˈmälē, səˈ- noun also so·mal -ˈmäl ( plural somali or somalis also somal or somals ) Usage: usually capitalized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GALLA — I. ˈgalə, ˈgȯlə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin : any of certain nutgalls from oaks that are used in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGAU — noun also agaw əˈgau̇ ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : a Cushitic-speaking Negroid peasant people of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OROMO — noun ( plural Oromos or Oromo ) Etymology: Oromo (western dialect) oromoo, a self-designation, probably from obsolete plural of orma …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OROMO — [Oro.mo] n, pl Oromos or Oromo (1893) 1: a member of a Cushitic-speaking people of southern Ethiopia and adjacent parts …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EASTERN AFRICA, HISTORY OF — history of the area from ancient times through the 20th century. Additional reading J.D. Fage and Roland Oliver (eds.), The …
Britannica English vocabulary
TANZANIA: THE PEOPLE — The people: Tanzania mainland Ethnic composition Tanzania is extremely heterogeneous, with more than 120 different indigenous African peoples as well …
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KENYA, MOUNT — Swahili Kirinyaga, volcano, central Kenya, lying immediately south of the Equator. It is the second highest mountain in Africa after …
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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
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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DJIBOUTI, HISTORY OF — history of Djibouti from independence in 1977 to the present. On the eve of independence, Djibouti's viability as a sovereign …
Britannica English vocabulary
AFRO-ASIATIC LANGUAGES — also called Afrasian languages, formerly called Hamito-Semitic, Semito-Hamitic, or Erythraean languages, family of genetically related languages that developed from a …
Britannica English vocabulary
AFARAMHARIC ADAL, ARABIC DENAKIL, — a people of the Horn of Africa who speak Saho, a language of the Eastern Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic …
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AFRO-ASIATIC LANGUAGES — formerly Hamito-Semitic languages Family of about 250 languages spoken in North Africa, parts of sub-Saharan African, and the Middle East. …
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