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  • noun Plural form of Ethiopian.

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Examples

  • "I think he was trying to bring back the name Ethiopians in Jamaica," said Bunny Brown, a fellow Studio One recording artist.

    NYT > Home Page By ROB KENNER 2011

  • It would be easy to multiply citations upon this subject; from all which it follows, that we have the strongest reasons to believe that the country neighboring to the tropic was the cradle of the sciences, and of consequence that the first learned nation was a nation of Blacks; for it is incontrovertible, that, by the term Ethiopians, the ancients meant to represent a people of black complexion, thick lips, and woolly hair.

    The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature 1788

  • The helping hand that feeds Ethiopians is the same hand that helps bleed Ethiopia.

    Alemayehu G. Mariam: Ethiopia: Feed Them and Bleed Them Alemayehu G. Mariam 2010

  • Your assertion that Somali resentment will “be mainly focused” on one of their own clans and the Ethiopians is wishful - thinking on your part. tk Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » Somalia 2007

  • In quality, the Ethiopians are above the African mean but far from first-rate.

    Africa 2009

  • Upon reflection, the disconnect between the cheering of the Ethiopians from some Bush critics coupled with the lack of support from the same critics here at home for the very principles the Ethiopians are acting on is troubling.

    Sound Politics: Discussion of Ethiopia's Intervention in Somalia a Bad Precursor to More Iraq Debate 2007

  • "Even if they give us milk and honey, the Ethiopians are our enemies, we prefer death to becoming an Ethiopian colony."

    Islamists Lose … For Now 2007

  • The following moreover had no tribute fixed for them to pay, but brought gifts, namely the Ethiopians who border upon

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Stephanus of Byzantium, who is said to represent the opinions of the most ancient Greeks, says: "Ethiopia was the first established country on the earth, and the Ethiopians were the first who introduced the worship of the Gods and who established laws."

    The God-Idea of the Ancients 1897

  • Sir Thomas Elyot, according to Hunter, [103] calls Ethiopians

    Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth 1893

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