[ee-thee-op-ik, -oh-pik] 
| 1. | Ethiopian. |
| 2. | a subdivision of Semitic languages that includes Amharic, Tigré, Tigrinya, and Geez, all of Ethiopia. |
| 3. | Geez. |
[gee-ez, gey-] | a Semitic language of ancient Ethiopia, now used only as the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Church. |
| E·thi·op·ic (ē'thē-ŏp'ĭk, -ō'pĭk) n. See Ge'ez. adj.
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| Ge'ez (gĭ'ĭz, gě'ěz, gē-ěz') n. An ancient Afro-Asiatic language that is related to Amharic and other modern languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea and is still used as a liturgical language in the Ethiopian Coptic Church. Also called Ethiopic. [Ge'ez gə'əz, Ethiopian.] |
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