Ethi·o·pia /ˌiθiˈopiə/
 埃塞俄比亞
 Ethiopia
      n : Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red
          Sea; formerly called Abyssinia [syn: Federal Democratic
          Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya, Abyssinia]
 Ethiopia
    country of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush
    is rendered (Gen. 2:13; 2 Kings 19:9; Esther 1:1; Job 28:19; Ps.
    68:31; 87:4), a country which lay to the south of Egypt,
    beginning at Syene on the First Cataract (Ezek. 29:10; 30:6),
    and extending to beyond the confluence of the White and Blue
    Nile. It corresponds generally with what is now known as the
    Soudan (i.e., the land of the blacks). This country was known to
    the Hebrews, and is described in Isa. 18:1; Zeph. 3:10. They
    carried on some commercial intercourse with it (Isa. 45:14).
      Its inhabitants were descendants of Ham (Gen. 10:6; Jer.
    13:23; Isa. 18:2, "scattered and peeled," A.V.; but in R.V.,
    "tall and smooth"). Herodotus, the Greek historian, describes
    them as "the tallest and handsomest of men." They are frequently
    represented on Egyptian monuments, and they are all of the type
    of the true negro. As might be expected, the history of this
    country is interwoven with that of Egypt.
      Ethiopia is spoken of in prophecy (Ps. 68:31; 87:4; Isa.
    45:14; Ezek. 30:4-9; Dan. 11:43; Nah. 3:8-10; Hab. 3:7; Zeph.
    2:12).
 Ethiopia, blackness; heat