Eritrea

See also: eritrea and Erítrea

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

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/, /ˌɪɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹi.ə/, /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪə/, /ˌɪɹɪˈtɹeɪə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪə
    • (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
    1. The modern State of Eritrea (since the 1990s).
    2. (historical) A former province of or in union with Ethiopia.
    3. (historical, from 1890) A former colony of Italy.

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea; capital: Asmara)

Derived terms

Breton

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Eritrea f

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛrɪtrɛa]
  • (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea f (related adjective eritrejský, demonym Eritrejec)

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Declension

Further reading

  • Eritrea in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Eritrea in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Eritrea in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. 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/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Eri‧trea
  • Rhymes: -eːaː

Proper noun

Eritrea n

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Derived terms

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian Eritrea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeritreɑ/, [ˈe̞rit̪ˌre̞ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -eɑ
  • Syllabification(key): E‧rit‧re‧a

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Declension

Inflection of Eritrea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Eritrea —
genitive Eritrean —
partitive Eritreaa —
illative Eritreaan —
singular plural
nominative Eritrea —
accusative nom. Eritrea —
gen. Eritrean
genitive Eritrean —
partitive Eritreaa —
inessive Eritreassa —
elative Eritreasta —
illative Eritreaan —
adessive Eritrealla —
ablative Eritrealta —
allative Eritrealle —
essive Eritreana —
translative Eritreaksi —
abessive Eritreatta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Eritrea (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Eritreani —
accusative nom. Eritreani —
gen. Eritreani
genitive Eritreani —
partitive Eritreaani —
inessive Eritreassani —
elative Eritreastani —
illative Eritreaani —
adessive Eritreallani —
ablative Eritrealtani —
allative Eritrealleni —
essive Eritreanani —
translative Eritreakseni —
abessive Eritreattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Eritreasi —
accusative nom. Eritreasi —
gen. Eritreasi
genitive Eritreasi —
partitive Eritreaasi —
inessive Eritreassasi —
elative Eritreastasi —
illative Eritreaasi —
adessive Eritreallasi —
ablative Eritrealtasi —
allative Eritreallesi —
essive Eritreanasi —
translative Eritreaksesi —
abessive Eritreattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Eritreamme —
accusative nom. Eritreamme —
gen. Eritreamme
genitive Eritreamme —
partitive Eritreaamme —
inessive Eritreassamme —
elative Eritreastamme —
illative Eritreaamme —
adessive Eritreallamme —
ablative Eritrealtamme —
allative Eritreallemme —
essive Eritreanamme —
translative Eritreaksemme —
abessive Eritreattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Eritreanne —
accusative nom. Eritreanne —
gen. Eritreanne
genitive Eritreanne —
partitive Eritreaanne —
inessive Eritreassanne —
elative Eritreastanne —
illative Eritreaanne —
adessive Eritreallanne —
ablative Eritrealtanne —
allative Eritreallenne —
essive Eritreananne —
translative Eritreaksenne —
abessive Eritreattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Eritreansa —
accusative nom. Eritreansa —
gen. Eritreansa
genitive Eritreansa —
partitive Eritreaansa —
inessive Eritreassaan
Eritreassansa
—
elative Eritreastaan
Eritreastansa
—
illative Eritreaansa —
adessive Eritreallaan
Eritreallansa
—
ablative Eritrealtaan
Eritrealtansa
—
allative Eritrealleen
Eritreallensa
—
essive Eritreanaan
Eritreanansa
—
translative Eritreakseen
Eritreaksensa
—
abessive Eritreattaan
Eritreattansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

Galician

Proper noun

Eritrea f

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

German

Alternative forms

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): /eʁiˈtʁeː.a/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea n (proper noun, genitive Eritreas or (optionally with an article) Eritrea)

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛritrɛɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Erit‧rea
  • Rhymes: -ɒ

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Eritrea —
accusative Eritreát —
dative Eritreának —
instrumental Eritreával —
causal-final Eritreáért —
translative Eritreává —
terminative Eritreáig —
essive-formal Eritreaként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Eritreában —
superessive Eritreán —
adessive Eritreánál —
illative Eritreába —
sublative Eritreára —
allative Eritreához —
elative Eritreából —
delative Eritreáról —
ablative Eritreától —
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Eritreáé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Eritreáéi —
Possessive forms of Eritrea
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Eritreám —
2nd person sing. Eritreád —
3rd person sing. Eritreája —
1st person plural Eritreánk —
2nd person plural Eritreátok —
3rd person plural Eritreájuk —
  • eritreai

Interlingua

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /l‿e.riˈtrɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa

Proper noun

l'Eritrea f

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Descendants

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɾiˈtɾea/ [e.ɾiˈt̪ɾe.a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: E‧ri‧tre‧a

Proper noun

Eritrea f

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)

See also

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Eritrea n (genitive Eritreas)

  1. Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)
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