Ethiopian

• Æthiopian (archaic)

Ethiopia +‎ -an

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌiː.θiˈəʊ.pɪ.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌi.θiˈoʊ.pi.ən/

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• Hyphenation: E‧thi‧o‧pi‧an

Ethiopian (plural Ethiopians)

1. A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.
2. (dated) A black-skinned person, especially one from Africa.

   The Ethiopian eunuch.

3. (slang, derogatory) A very skinny person, referencing the historic malnutrition and poverty in Ethiopia.

• sub-Saharan
• Horner, Horn African
• African

• Ethiopian in the woodpile

Ethiopian (comparative more Ethiopian, superlative most Ethiopian)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.
2. (dated, not comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.
   • 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 314:

     Any person of color recognized his Ethiopian heritage immediately. That nose, those lips, good hair or no.

• Ethiopic

• Ethiopianness
• Ethiopianization
• Ethiopianize