Ethiopia

n. Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, country in eastern Africa

Ethiopia (IPA: /i.θi.oʊ.pi.ə/) ( ), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country situated in the Horn of Africa that has been landlocked since the independence of its northern neighbor Eritrea in 1993. Apart from Eritrea to the north, Ethiopia is bordered by Sudan to the west, Kenya to the south, Djibouti to the northeast, and Somalia to the east.
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Noun
1. Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
(synonym) Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya, Abyssinia
(hypernym) African country, African nation
(part-holonym) Somali peninsula, Horn of Africa
(member-meronym) Ethiopian
(part-meronym) Addis Ababa, New Flower, capital of Ethiopia

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Background Unique among African countries, the ancient Ethiopian monarchy maintained its freedom from colonial rule, with the exception of the 1936-41 Italian occupation during World War II. In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state. Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled in 1991 by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). A constitution was adopted in 1994 and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995. A two and a half year border war with Eritrea ended with a peace treaty on 12 December 2000. Final demarcation of the boundary is currently on hold due to Ethiopian objections to an international commission's finding requiring it to surrender sensitive territory. Map of Ethiopia More about Ethiopia: Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues

blackness; heat