Eritrea

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12/1/2024, 10:33 PM Mike C eritrea added (from user-submitted name 332453)
4/28/2020, 11:16 AM anonymous

Type Country
Usage Italian, English, Spanish, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Czech
Pronounced Pron. /e.ri.ˈtrɛ.a/(Italian) /ˌɛɹ.ɪ.ˈtɹi.ə/(English) /e.ɾi.ˈtɾe.a/(Spanish) /e.ʁi.ˈtʁeː.a/(German) /ˌeː.ri.ˈtreː.aː/(Dutch)

Meaning & History

From the Italian name for one of their colonies in Africa, derived from the Latin name for the Red Sea Erythraeum Mare, itself of Greek origin (see Erythra). This is the name of country in East Africa. It became independent from Ethiopia in 1993.