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• Abyssinia — • Provides details on the geography, ethnology, political revolutions, as well as church information Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Abyssinia     Abyssinia      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Abyssinia — may refer to the nation of Ethiopia, also formerly known as Abyssinia.Abyssinia may also refer to: * SS Abyssinia , 1870 Canadian Pacific steamship * HMS Abyssinia (1870), British armoured ship * Abyssinia, Henry, 1975 episode of the M*A*S*H… …   Wikipedia

• Abyssinia — n. 1. same as Ethiopia. Syn: Ethiopia, Yaltopya [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Abyssinia — old name for Ethiopia, 1630s, from Mod.L. Abyssinia, from Arabic Habasah, the name for the region, said to be from Amharic hbsh mixed, in reference to the different races dwelling there. In 1920s 30s popular as a slang pun for I ll be seeing you …   Etymology dictionary

• ABYSSINIA — regio Africae, in Aethiopiâ superiori. Fuit aliâs regnum amplissimum; sed a centum prope annia per Galas populos valde fuit imminutum, ut pluribus nuper collegimus ex doctissimis scriptis Isaaci Vossii. Dicit enim ille, quod si solam soectemus… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

• Abyssinia — [ab΄ə sin′ē ə] former name for ETHIOPIA …   English World dictionary

• Abyssinia (1870) — p1 Abyssinia p1 Schiffsdaten Flagge Vereinigtes Konigreich …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Abyssinia (musical) — Infobox Musical name= Abyssinia subtitle= The Musical caption= music= Ted Kociolek lyrics= James Racheff book= Ted Kociolek James Racheff basis= Marked By Fire by Joyce Carol Thomas productions= 1987 Musical Theater Works 1987 Goodspeed Musicals… …   Wikipedia

• Abyssinia, Henry — Infobox Television episode Title = Abyssinia, Henry Series = M*A*S*H Caption = You behave yourself, or I m gonna come back and kick your butt. Lt. Col Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) bidding farewell to Corporal Radar O Reilly (Gary Burghoff) in… …   Wikipedia

• Abyssinia Crisis — The Abyssinia Crisis was a diplomatic crisis during the interwar period originating in the conflict between Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia (then commonly known as Abyssinia in Europe). Its effects were to undermine the credibility of …   Wikipedia

• Abyssinia —    A largely mountainous and desert country in northeast Africa, also known as Ethiopia. Abyssinia was a Christian country associated in the European mind with the mythical Prester John and the Queen of Sheba, and it remained throughout the… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914