Habeshas

Noun

Habesha (plural Habesha or Habeshas)

1. a member of a Semitic-speaking ethnic group, of Christian faith, between the Blue Nile and the Red Sea (whether Amhara, Tigrayan or Tigrinya)
   • Portugal, the first power to circumnavigate Africa and enter the Indian Ocean, displayed primary interest in this potential ally of the West and sent a representative to Ethiopia in 1493; the Habesha, in turn, sent an envoy to Portugal in 1509 to request a coordinated attack on the Muslims.1981, American University (Washington, D.C.), Foreign Area Studies; Harold D. Nelson, Irving Kaplan (editors), Ethiopia, a Country Study page 15

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