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Fa⋅la⋅sha

[fah-lah-shuh, fuh-]
–noun, plural -shas, (especially collectively) -sha.
a member of an Ethiopian people who speak a Hamitic language and who practice a form of Judaism.
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Fa·la·sha   (fə-lä'shə, fä-)   
n.   pl. Falasha or Fa·la·shas Often Offensive
An Ethiopian Jew.

[Amharic fälaša, from fälaš, migrant, active participle of fälläsä, to migrate; see plš in Semitic roots.]
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