ETHIOPIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ethiopian mean? 

• ETHIOPIAN (noun)
  The noun ETHIOPIAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia

  Familiarity information: ETHIOPIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ETHIOPIAN (adjective)
  The adjective ETHIOPIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages

  Familiarity information: ETHIOPIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHIOPIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Ethiopia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Ethiopian" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Ethiopian"):

Amhara (a member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia)

Eritrean (a native or inhabitant of Eritrea)

Holonyms ("Ethiopian" is a member of...):

Abyssinia; Ethiopia; Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Yaltopya (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)

Derivation:

Ethiopian (of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages)

• ETHIOPIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its people or languages

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Ethiopian immigrants

Pertainym:

Ethiopia (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)

Derivation:

Ethiopia (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)

Ethiopian (a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia)

 Context examples 

An ansamycin antibiotic originally isolated from the Ethiopian shrub Maytenus serrata.

(Maytansine, NCI Thesaurus)

An ansamacrolide and maytansine analogue originally isolated from the Ethiopian shrub Maytenus serrata with antineoplastic activity.

(Ansamitomicin P-3, NCI Thesaurus)

He was followed closely by Ethiopians Dejene Debela, 2:05:46, and Asefa Mengstu, 2:05:48.

(Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record at Chicago Marathon, Wikinews)