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Wolaita

Wolaita is the alternative form of Welayta.

Proper noun

Wolaita

  1. A geographic region of Horn of Africa; the region of the Wolayttattuwa-speaking peoples
  2. A region of Ethiopia; the southern region of Ethiopia.

Meaning of Welayta

Noun

Welayta pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An ethnic group of southern Ethiopia.

See all 2 meanings of Welayta

Words formed from Wolaita

Phrases with Wolaita

Questions about Wolaita

What does Wolaita mean?
Wolaita means a geographic region of Horn of Africa; the region of the Wolayttattuwa-speaking peoples.
What is Wolaita the alternative form of?
Wolaita is the alternative form of Welayta.
What part of speech is Wolaita?
Wolaita is a proper noun.

Words near Wolaita in the dictionary

  1. wokou
  2. woks
  3. woku
  4. wokus
  5. WOL
  6. Wolaita
  7. Wolaita Dicha
  8. Wolaita Sodo
  9. Wolaitan
  10. Wolaitans
  11. Wolaitta

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Wolaita (page history and authors); Welayta (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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