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Abisyn

//aˈbi.sɨn//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    Abyssinian (native of Ethiopia)
  2. 2.
    pre-Chalcedonian, monophysite Ethiopian Christian

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Greek Αβησσυνός (Avissynós), from Latin Abissīnus, from Arabic الْحَبَشَة (al-ḥabaša). First attested in 1609.

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