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Eritrea

erit·rea

UK/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/ US/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹiː.ə/ uncommon

noun

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an African country north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993

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Origin

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

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  • Countries of the world
  • Italian Eritrea

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