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ERITREAN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Eritrea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Eritrean" is a kind of...):

Ethiopian (a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia)

Holonyms ("Eritrean" is a member of...):

Eritrea; State of Eritrea (an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993)

Derivation:

Eritrean (of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people

Example:

Eritrean civil war

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Eritrea (an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993)

Derivation:

Eritrea (an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993)

Eritrean (a native or inhabitant of Eritrea)

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