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ETHIOPIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Ethiopian" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Ethiopian"):

Amhara (a member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia)

Eritrean (a native or inhabitant of Eritrea)

Holonyms ("Ethiopian" is a member of...):

Abyssinia; Ethiopia; Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Yaltopya (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)

Derivation:

Ethiopian (of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages

Example:

Ethiopian immigrants

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Ethiopia (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)

Derivation:

Ethiopia (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)

Ethiopian (a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia)

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