Ethiopian means belonging or relating to Ethiopia, or to its people, language, or culture.
2. countable noun
An Ethiopian is an Ethiopian citizen, or a person of Ethiopian origin.
Ethiopian in British English
(ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪən)
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of Ethiopia, its people, or any of their languages
2.
of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Africa south of the Sahara
3. anthropology obsolete
of or belonging to a postulated racial group characterized by dark skin, an oval elongated face, and thin lips, living chiefly in Africa south of the Sahara
noun
4.
a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia
5.
any of the languages of Ethiopia, esp Amharic
noun, adjective
6. an archaic word for Black1
Ethiopian in American English
(ˈiθiˈoʊpiən)
adjective
1.
of Ethiopia or its people or culture
2. Archaic
black (sense 2) black (sense 2a)
3.
designating or of the biogeographic realm that includes Madagascar and all of Africa, except some parts of N Africa in the Palearctic realm
noun
4.
a person born or living in Ethiopia
5. Archaic
a black person
In other languages
Ethiopian
British English: Ethiopian /ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪən/ ADJECTIVE
Ethiopian means belonging or relating to Ethiopia, or to its people, language, or culture.
American English: Ethiopian
Arabic: إثيوبيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: etíope
Chinese: 埃塞俄比亚的
Croatian: etiopijski
Czech: etiopský
Danish: etiopisk
Dutch: Ethiopisch
European Spanish: etíope
Finnish: etiopialainen adjektiivi
French: éthiopien
German: äthiopisch
Greek: αιθιοπικός
Italian: etiope
Japanese: エチオピアの
Korean: 에티오피아의
Norwegian: etiopisk
Polish: etiopski
European Portuguese: etíope
Romanian: etiopian
Russian: эфиопский
Latin American Spanish: etíope
Swedish: etiopisk
Thai: เกี่ยวกับเอธิโอเปีย
Turkish: Etyopya
Ukrainian: ефіопський
Vietnamese: thuộc nước/người/tiếng Ethiopia
British English: Ethiopian /ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪən/ NOUN
An Ethiopian is an Ethiopian citizen, or a person of Ethiopian origin.