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Abissinia

Abissinia is the archaic form of Abyssinia.

Meaning of Abyssinia

Proper noun

Abyssinia

  1. (historical) Former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century.
    Synonyms:
    Abassia

See all 3 meanings of Abyssinia

Words formed from Abissinia

Questions about Abissinia

What is Abissinia the archaic form of?
Abissinia is the archaic form of Abyssinia.

Words near Abissinia in the dictionary

  1. Abishag
  2. Abishags
  3. Abisko
  4. abisselfa
  5. abisselfas
  6. Abissinia
  7. Abissinian
  8. Abissinians
  9. abit
  10. Abitbol
  11. Abitbols

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Abissinia (page history and authors); Abyssinia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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