Eritrea
/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/
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British/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹɛjə/
Eritrea proper noun: the modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s).
Proper noun
Eritrea
- The modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s).
- Close to the border with Eritrea, its ethereal, Martian landscape sits within the Danakil Depression.2025 April 22, Joe Minihane, “24 of the world’s most unusual landscapes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2025
- A former province of or in union with Ethiopia.
- A former colony of Italy.
Eritrea meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Eritrea in Hindi
- country in Eastern Africa
- इरिट्रिया iriṭriyā
Eritrea in Tamil
- country in Eastern Africa
- எரித்திரியா erittiriyā
Eritrea in Marathi
- country in Eastern Africa
- एरिट्रेया eriṭreyā
Eritrea in Urdu
- country in Eastern Africa
- ارتریا iritriyā, اریٹریا irīṭriyā
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- Eritrea in Bengali
- ইরিত্রিয়া iritriẏa
- Eritrea in Kannada
- ಎರಿಟ್ರಿಯ
- Eritrea in Sinhala
- එරිත්රියාව eritriyāwa
- Eritrea in Pashto
- اریتره
- Eritrea in Tagalog
- Eritreya
- Eritrea in Arabic
- إِرِتْرِيَا ʔiritriyā
- Eritrea in Malay
- Eritrea
- Eritrea in Indonesian
- Eritrea
- Eritrea in Persian
- اریتره eritre
- Eritrea in Thai
- เอริเทรีย ee-rí-triia
- Eritrea in Vietnamese
- Ê-ri-tơ-rê-a
- Eritrea in Myanmar
- အီရီထရီးယား irihta.ri:ya:
- Dhivehi
- އެރިތުރިއާ erituriā
Origin of Eritrea
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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Questions about Eritrea
- What does Eritrea mean?
- Eritrea means the modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s).
- What is Eritrea in Hindi?
- Eritrea in Hindi is इरिट्रिया (iriṭriyā). See Eritrea meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Eritrea?
- Eritrea is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Eritrea?
- Eritrea is pronounced /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/ (UK).
Words near Eritrea in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Eritrea (page history and authors); Eritrea (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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