TIGRAY

Meaning of TIGRAY in English

noun

see tigrai

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

TIGRAY — Historic region of northern Ethiopia. Its dramatic landscape includes plateau regions more than 10,000 ft (3,000 m) high and plains …
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TIGRAY — also spelled Tigrai, or Tegray, people of central Eritrea and of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The Tigray speak …
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TIGRAY — Tigray, Tigre, Tigré BrE AmE ˈtɪɡ reɪ AmE \ tiː ˈɡreɪ
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TIGRAY — Historic region of northern Ethiopia. Its dramatic landscape includes plateau regions more than 10,000 ft (3,000 m) high and plains …
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TIGRINYA — noun Etymology: Amharic tïgrïñña, from Tïgray Tigre, Ethiopia Date: 1878 a Semitic language of northern Ethiopia and Eritrea
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MENGISTU HAILE MARIAM — born 1937, Kefa province, Eth. Ethiopian army officer and head of state (1974–91). Mengistu headed a group of rebel soldiers …
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ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH — Independent Christian patriarchate in Ethiopia. Traditionally thought to have been founded by the preaching of the apostle Matthew or the …
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ETHIOPIA — officially Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia formerly Abyssinia Country, eastern Africa. It is situated on the Horn of Africa, the …
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ERITREA — officially State of Eritrea Tigrinya Ertra Country, eastern Africa. Flag of Eritrea. It extends about 600 mi (1,000 km) along …
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ASMARA — City (pop., 1995 est.: 431,000), capital of Eritrea. It lies on the northern tip of the Ethiopian Plateau at an …
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TIGRINYA — noun Etymology: Amharic tïgrïñña, from Tïgray Tigre, Ethiopia Date: 1878 : a Semitic language of northern Ethiopia and Eritrea
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TIGRINYA — [ tɪ'gri:njə ] ■ noun a Semitic language spoken in Tigray. Compare with Tigre . Origin the name in ~.
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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 …
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EASTERN AFRICA — part of sub-Saharan Africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions: East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; and the …
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YOHANNES IV — born 1831 died March 10, 1889, Metema, Sudan English John IV, original name Kassa emperor of Ethiopia (187289). Like his …
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WICHALE, TREATY OF — Wichale also spelled Ucciali (May 2, 1889), pact signed at Wichale, Ethiopia, by the Italians and Menilek II of Ethiopia, …
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TIGRINYA LANGUAGE — also spelled Tigrigna, also called Tigray, or Tigrai, Semitic language of the Tigray people of northern Ethiopia and central Eritrea. …
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TIGRE — cabecera (county seat) and partido (county), on the outskirts of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. It lies northwest of the city …
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SIDAMO — also spelled Sidama, any of the Cushitic-speaking peoples of southwestern Ethiopia who are not Oromo; they are mostly concentrated in …
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SAHO — also spelled Sao, Shaho, Shoho, or Shiho, also called Afar-saho, language spoken by several peoples, most of whom inhabit the …
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MIKAEL SEHUL — born c. 1692 died 1784, Adwa, Eth. nobleman who ruled Ethiopia for a period of 25 years as regent of …
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MENGISTU HAILE MARIAM — born 1937, Kefa province, Ethiopia Ethiopian army officer and head of state (197491), who helped overthrow the centuries-old monarchy and …
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GURAGE — ethnolinguistic group of the fertile region in southwestern Ethiopia west of Lake Ziway and east of the Omo River. These …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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ERITREAN PEOPLE'S LIBERATION FRONT — (EPLF) secessionist movement that created an independent Eritrean nation out of the northernmost province of Ethiopia in 1993. The historical …
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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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AMHARA — people of the Ethiopian central highlands. The Amhara are one of the two largest ethnolinguistic groups in Ethiopia (the other …
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ADWA — also spelled Adowa, Italian Adua, town, northern Ethiopia. Adwa lies on the east-west highway between Aksum and Adi Grat at …
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ERITREA — n. officially State of Eritrea Tigrinya Ertra Country, eastern Africa. Flag of Eritrea. It extends about 600 mi (1,000 km) …
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