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Egyptian vs Ethiopia - What's the difference?

egyptian | ethiopia |

As proper nouns the difference between egyptian and ethiopia

is that egyptian is the afro-asiatic language spoken in ancient egypt while ethiopia is country in eastern africa official name: federal democratic republic of ethiopia.

As an adjective egyptian

is of, from, or pertaining to egypt, the egyptian people or the egyptian language.

As a noun egyptian

is a person from egypt or of egyptian descent.

egyptian

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
  • (obsolete) A gypsy.
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 457:
  • The people then assembled in this barn were no other than a company of Egyptians , or, as they are vulgarly called, gypsies, and they were now celebrating the wedding of one of their society.

    Derived terms

    * walk like an Egyptian

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.
  • Derived terms

    * Egyptian bean * Egyptian cotton * Egyptian cross * Egyptian darkness * Egyptian thorn

    ethiopia

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Country in Eastern Africa. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  • (historical) Sub-Saharan Africa, especially the parts south of Egypt and along and east of the Nile
  • (-)

    Hypernyms

    *Subsahara *Horn

    See also

    * Addis Ababa * Abyssinia * * (wikipedia)