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English
Map of Eritrea .
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
Proper noun
Eritrea
A country in East Africa , on the Red Sea . Capital: Asmara .
The modern State of Eritrea ( since the 1990s ) .
( historical ) A former province of or in union with Ethiopia .
( historical , from 1890) A former colony of Italy .
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Translations
country in Eastern Africa
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
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eritrea
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea ; capital: Asmara )
Derived terms
Breton
Proper noun
Eritrea
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eritrea f
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Eritrea
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Eritrea
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eritrea f (related adjective eritrejský , demonym Eritrejec )
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Declension
Declension of Eritrea (sg-only feminine in -ea )
Further reading
“Eritrea ”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
“Eritrea ”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“Eritrea ”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Danish
Proper noun
Eritrea
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/
Hyphenation: Eri‧trea
Rhymes: -eːaː
Proper noun
Eritrea n
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Derived terms
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
From Italian Eritrea .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈeritreɑ/ ,
Rhymes: -eɑ
Syllabification(key ) : E‧rit‧re‧a
Proper noun
Eritrea
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Declension
Derived terms
Galician
Proper noun
Eritrea f
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
German
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
Proper noun
Eritrea n (proper noun , genitive Eritreas or ( optionally with an article ) Eritrea )
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Derived terms
See also
(countries of Africa ) Staaten Afrikas ; Ägypten , Algerien , Angola , Äquatorialguinea , Äthiopien , Benin , Botswana , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Dschibuti , Elfenbeinküste , Eritrea , Eswatini , Gabun , Gambia , Ghana , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Kamerun , Kap Verde , Kenia , Komoren , Demokratische Republik Kongo , Republik Kongo , Lesotho , Liberia , Libyen , Madagaskar , Malawi , Mali , Marokko , Mauretanien , Mauritius , Mosambik , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Ruanda , Sambia , São Tomé und Príncipe , Senegal , Seychellen , Sierra Leone , Simbabwe , Somalia , Südafrika , Sudan , Südsudan , Tansania , Togo , Tschad , Tunesien , Uganda , Zentralafrikanische Republik (Category: de:Countries in Africa )
Hungarian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: Erit‧rea
Rhymes: -ɒ
Proper noun
Eritrea
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Declension
Interlingua
Proper noun
Eritrea
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Italian
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
Proper noun
l'Eritrea f
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Descendants
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Eritrea
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Eritrea
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /eɾiˈtɾea/
Rhymes: -ea
Syllabification: E‧ri‧tre‧a
Proper noun
Eritrea f
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
Swahili
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eritrea
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
Proper noun
Eritrea n (genitive Eritreas )
Eritrea (a country in East Africa , on the Red Sea )
References