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In classical antiquity, Ethiopia was also a region in eastern Africa, so you might want to consider adding 'Region' as a category for this entry.- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethiopia (in English; also mentions Ethiopia as essentially a variant spelling)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ethiopia#Proper_noun (in English)Also, all European languages modelled their version of the name after the latinized form Aethiopia, instead of straight after the original Greek form Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopia). This is because Latin was the language used in education and religion in Europe until the early 19th century - not Greek. As such, you might want to mention that Ethiopia and its other forms were taken from the Latin form, which in turn ultimately came from Greek. [noted -ed]- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lingua_francas#Greek_and_Latin (in English)Lastly, the etymology of Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopia) is actually disputed: some consider the etymology provided in this entry to be a folk etymology.- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%91%E1%BC%B0%CE%B8%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B1#Etymology (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%91%E1%BC%B0%CE%B8%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%88#Etymology (in English)

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