Amhara (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a regional state in northern Ethiopia: site of Lake Tana. Capital: Bahir Dah.
  2. a region of the former Ethiopian Empire comprising several provinces, large portions of which are part of the modern Amhara Region.
  3. a member of an Amharic-speaking, traditionally agricultural, predominantly Christian people of central Ethiopia, descended from Cushitic peoples already living in the region and Semitic peoples who arrived in the sixth century b.c.
adjective
  1. of or relating to the Amhara.
noun
  1. a region of NW Ethiopia: formerly a kingdom
  2. an inhabitant of the former kingdom of Amhara
Amhara (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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