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Definition: ETHIOPIC

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Of or relating to Ethiopia or the Ethiopians.[Websters]
2. Being dingy. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Being pitchy or sooty. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Being dusky or murky.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun 1. The language of ancient Ethiopia; the language of the ancient Abyssinian empire (in Ethiopia), now used only in the Abyssinian church. It is of Semitic origin, and is also called Geez.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Ethiopic" is a common misspelling or typo for: Ethiopia.

Date "Ethiopic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1649. (references)

Common Expressions: ETHIOPIC

Expressions Definition
Ethiopic languages Ethiopic languages is a language group which together with Old South Arabian forms the Western branch of the South Semitic languages. (references)
Ethiopic Ocean The Ethiopic Ocean or Ethiopian Ocean is an older name for what is now called the South Atlantic Ocean, which is separated from the North Atlantic by a narrow region between Natal, Brazil and Monrovia, Liberia. Use of term illustrates a past trend towards referring to the whole continent of Africa by the name Ethiopia as well, as Ethiopia proper is nowhere near the Ethiopic Ocean. The term Ethiopian Ocean was sometimes in use as late as until the mid 19th century. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: ETHIOPIC

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Ethiopic Ocean 2     Ethiopic Ocean 2

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"ethiopic" is a common misspelling or typo for: Ethiopia.

Synonyms: ethiopic
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Adjective

Ethiopian, dingy, dusky, fuliginous, murky, pitchy, sooty.
Consider also: dim, dismal, dark, gloomy, cloudy, dirty, misty, vaporous, black, drab, dull, muddy, opaque, foggy, hazy, thick.

Noun

swart.
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Computed Synonyms: Ethiopic

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   4.0797   Ethiopic     Ethiopian     Abyssinian, Ethiopia, Negro, black, Nigger   
 2   2.0090   Ethiopic     Abyssinian     Ethiopian, abyssinia, an Abyssinian, Abyssinian cat, an Ethiopian   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: ETHIOPIC

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian etiopský (Ethiopian, Ethiopic, Abyssinian), Etiopiec (Ethiopic), Etiop (Ethiop, Ethiopic, Abyssinian). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina etiopský (Ethiopian, Ethiopic, Abyssinian), Etiopiec (Ethiopic), Etiop (Ethiop, Ethiopic, Abyssinian). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 埃塞俄比亚的 (Ethiopic), 埃塞俄比亚人 (ethiopian, Ethiopic, sidi, Ethiopians), 衣索比亚的 (Ethiopian, Ethiopic). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 衣索比亞的 (Ethiopian, Ethiopic), 衣索比亞人 (ethiopian, Ethiopic, sidi). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech etiopský (Ethiopian, Ethiopic, Abyssinian), Etiopiec (Ethiopic), Etiop (Ethiop, Ethiopic, Abyssinian). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 고대 에티오피아어 (Ethiopic), 에티오피아의 (Ethiopian, Ethiopic), 에티오피아말 (Ethiopic). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 고대 에티오피아어 (Ethiopic), 에티오피아의 (Ethiopian, Ethiopic), 에티오피아말 (Ethiopic). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian etiopico (Ethiopian, Aethiopian, Ethiopic). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 古代エチオピア語の (Ethiopic), 古代エチオピア語 (Ethiopic). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 고대 에티오피아어 (Ethiopic), 에티오피아의 (Ethiopian, Ethiopic), 에티오피아말 (Ethiopic). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi Etiopiska oceanen (Ethiopic Ocean). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska Etiopiska oceanen (Ethiopic Ocean). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish Etiopiska oceanen (Ethiopic Ocean). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu زنگی۔ حبشی۔ حبش کا (Ethiopian, Ethiopic). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, Ethiopic. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: ETHIOPIC

Language Translations for “Ethiopic” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Athagethathagiathagopathagic (Ethiopic). Additional references: Athag, Ethiopic. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Agethagiagopagic (Ethiopic). Additional references: Double Dutch, Ethiopic. (volunteer)
Leet £-|-|-|1¤|?1< (Ethiopic). Additional references: Leet, Ethiopic. (volunteer)
Oppish Opethopiopopopic (Ethiopic). Additional references: Oppish, Ethiopic. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Ethiopicway (Ethiopic). Additional references: Pig Latin, Ethiopic. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Ubethubiubopubic (Ethiopic). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Ethiopic. (volunteer)
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