Eritrea

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Eritrea

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/, /ˌɪɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹi.ə/, /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪə/, /ˌɪɹɪˈtɹeɪə/
• Rhymes: -eɪə

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea

2. A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
   1. The modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s).
   2. (historical) A former province of or in union with Ethiopia.
   3. (historical, from 1890) A former colony of Italy.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Eritrean (adjective/noun)

Translations

See also

• Asmara
• Countries of the world
• Italian Eritrea
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Anagrams

• Eretria, tearier

Afrikaans

Afrikaans Wikipedia has an article on:

Eritrea

Wikipedia ^af

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea; capital: Asmara)

Derived terms

• Eritrees
• Eritreër

Breton

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

• Audio (Valencian)

  (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea f

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Related terms

• eritreu

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Eritrea

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea f (related adjective eritrejský, demonym Eritrejec)

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Declension

Further reading

• Eritrea in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Eritrea in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• Eritrea in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.riˈtreː.aː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Eri‧trea
• Rhymes: -eːaː

Proper noun

Eritrea n

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Derived terms

• Eritreeër
• Eritrees

Further reading

• Eritrea on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Eritrea

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

From Italian Eritrea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeritreɑ/,
• Rhymes: -eɑ
• Syllabification^(key): E‧rit‧re‧a

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Declension

Derived terms

Galician

Proper noun

Eritrea f

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Related terms

• eritreo

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Eritrea

Wikipedia ^de

Alternative forms

• Erythräa

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eʁiˈtʁeː.a/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea n (proper noun, genitive Eritreas or (optionally with an article) Eritrea)

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Derived terms

• eritreisch
• Eritreer

Hungarian

 Eritrea on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: Erit‧rea
• Rhymes: -ɒ

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Declension

Related terms

• eritreai

Interlingua

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Eritrea

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

First used as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l‿e.riˈtrɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa

Proper noun

l'Eritrea f

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Related terms

• eritreo
• l'Eritreo

Descendants

• → Arabic: إِرِيتْرِيَا (ʔirītriyā)
• → English: Eritrea
• → French: Érythrée, Erythrée (semantic loan)
  • Haitian Creole: Eritre
  • → Persian: اریتره (eritre)
  • → Turkish: Eritre
• → German: Eritrea
• → New Latin: Erythraea (“Eritrea”) (learned)
  • → German: Erythräa

Anagrams

• arterie, artiere, erriate, iterare, itererà, ratiere, reitera, tarerei

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Eritrea

Wikipedia ^no

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Related terms

• eritreer
• eritreisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Eritrea

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Related terms

• eritrear
• eritreisk

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾiˈtɾea/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: E‧ri‧tre‧a

Proper noun

Eritrea f

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Related terms

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Eritrea

Wikipedia ^sw

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea n (genitive Eritreas)

1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Related terms

• eritrean
• eritreansk
• eritreanska