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Am⋅har⋅ic

[am-har-ik, ahm-hahr-]
–noun
1. the Semitic language that is the official language of Ethiopia.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to this language or its speakers.

Origin:
1590–1600; Amhar(a) + -ic
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Am·har·ic   (ām-hār'ĭk, äm-hä'rĭk)   
n.  A Semitic language that is the official language of Ethiopia.

[After Amhara, a former kingdom of northwest Ethiopia.]
Am·har'ic adj.
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Word Origin & History

Amharic 
principal language of Ethiopia, 1813, from Amhara, name of a central province in Ethiopia.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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