It rejects the name Abyssinia which is constantly given it by Arab writers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference

He said, "Now, we will. prove that Abyssinia is the aggressor.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethiopia and Its Problems] Reference

Otherwise the war will go on until Abyssinia is undoubtedly conquered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethiopia and Its Problems] Reference

Christianity, that of Abyssinia is the only one which still adheres to the Mosaic rites.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference

Habech (from which the name Abyssinia is derived), which means "a crowd" or "heap of sweepings".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference

He has already fought a war in Abyssinia, in order to gain control of that end of the Red Sea and, therefore, the Mediterranean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spain—Its Internal Issues and Repercussions As Affecting the British Empire] Reference

Mark also had two grandfathers who served with the South African Forces in Abyssinia, North Africa and Italy during World War II.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forgotten Nation . . . Forgotten Heroes - A South African Remembers] Reference

Incidentally, he landed in Abyssinia, which is another story.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rogue Elephant The Boys' Big Game Series] Reference

He had been sent out to try and check the slave trade in Abyssinia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Frontiers of Hope and Despair] Reference

The country is properly called Abyssinia, and the people term themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Voyage to Abyssinia] Reference

“for if these two moles unite, the destruction of Abyssinia is accomplished.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

The leaves are reportedly used to make a beverage like tea-called Abyssinia or Somali tea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

I may use the name Abyssinia, I am so accustomed to it, although the official name is Ethiopia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ethiopia and Its Problems] Reference

The early history of Ethiopia (also called Abyssinia) begins with the glorious but little known kingdom of Axum.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to SOUTHERN AFRICA: Competing for Limpopo water] Reference

Arabs bestowed the scornful name of Habesh, meaning, "sweepings of the nations", whence the name Abyssinia is derived.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference

In Parkyns's "Abyssinia," I find the following remarks upon this subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions] Reference

"The women of Abyssinia," says a missionary there.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Education of American Girls] Reference

Bordering Abyssinia on the east is the Danakil country.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference

Salt is the money of Abyssinia, and codfish in Iceland.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

He studied Arabic and the ancient language of Abyssinia.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference

Samen, or Simien, as Major Harris writes it, in Abyssinia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference

Sahela Selassee, King of Abyssinia, British mission to, 282.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference

Abyssinia (former name Ethiopia 8 00 N 38 00 E for Ethiopia).    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference

Here lived the King of Abyssinia, a supposed descendant of King.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference

Reaching the dominions of the King of Abyssinia, we camped near.    From Wordnik.com.  [General Gordon Saint and Soldier] Reference

Persecutions against the Christians in Abyssinia or Ethiopia 182.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference

Abyssinia, and after a six years 'preparation in his consulate of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference

Some believers, sixteen in number, had already left for Abyssinia.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference

The Jig-Jigga country, a province of Abyssinia lying near the border of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference

Bruce found in Abyssinia the silver horns of warriors and distinguished men.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference

Abyssinia, though Italy attempted to subjugate it, is again also independent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference

Koreish had sent an embassy to the Court of Abyssinia to fetch back the refugees.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference

Abyssinia, The emigration of the Moslems to, v, xxxiii, 5; the two emigrations of, 11.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference