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    ABYSSINIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssiniaplay

    Synonyms:

    Abyssinia; Ethiopia; Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Yaltopya

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

    Meronyms (parts of "Abyssinia"):

    Addis Ababa; capital of Ethiopia; New Flower (the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia)

    Lake Tana; Lake Tsana (a lake in northern Ethiopia; the largest lake in Ethiopia and the source of the Blue Nile)

    Meronyms (members of "Abyssinia"):

    Ethiopian (a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia)

    Domain member category:

    Rastafarian ((Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine)

    Holonyms ("Abyssinia" is a part of...):

    Horn of Africa; Somali peninsula (a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia)

    Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

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