how to pronounce ethiopian

/ˌiːθiˈəʊpi.ən/

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ethiopian is pronounced in three syllables

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θiəʊpiən

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An example use of ethiopian in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the war is between the ethiopian federal …”

meanings of ethiopian

noun:

  1. A person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent.
  2. A black-skinned person, especially one from Africa.

adjective:

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Africa and the African diaspora.
  2. Of, from, or pertaining to Ethiopia, the Ethiopian people or the Ethiopian culture.

ethiopian frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word ethiopian occurs in english on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ethiopian can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ethiopian can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to ethiopian

utopian

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