Ethiopians

E753704

Ethiopians are the people native to Ethiopia, a culturally diverse nation in the Horn of Africa with ancient historical roots and distinct traditions.

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
nationality
adoptedChristianityBy 4th century CE
associatedWithReligiousMovementAbroad Rastafari movement
capitalCityOfCountry Addis Ababa
continent Africa
countryOfCitizenship Ethiopia
culturalPractice coffee ceremony
currencyOfCountry Ethiopian birr
demonymFor Ethiopia
diasporaCommunity Ethiopian Americans
linked to: Ethiopians

Ethiopian Israelis
linked to: Ethiopian Jews

Ethiopian community in the Middle East
ethnicGroup Afar people
Amhara people
Anuak people
Gurage people
Harari people
Nuer people in Ethiopia
Oromo people
Sidama people
Somali people (Ethiopian Somalis)
linked to: Somali people

Tigrayans
heritageSite Aksum archaeological sites
linked to: Aksum stelae field
historicalCivilization Aksumite Empire
Dʿmt kingdom
historicalIndependenceStatus one of few African peoples not fully colonized
historicalReligion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
language Afar
Amharic
Oromo
Somali
Tigrinya
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
Nilo-Saharan languages
lastEmperor Haile Selassie I
locatedIn Horn of Africa
majorBattleVictory Battle of Adwa (1896)
linked to: Battle of Adwa
majorHoliday Meskel
Timkat
majorReligion Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity
Protestant Christianity
Sunni Islam
Traditional African religions
notableAthleteNationalityOf Derartu Tulu
Haile Gebrselassie
Kenenisa Bekele
Tirunesh Dibaba
populationConcentration Ethiopian Highlands
recognizedAsAncientChristianKingdomBy global Christian history
regionalOrganizationMembershipViaCountry African Union
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
religiousSite Debre Damo monastery
Lalibela rock-hewn churches
resistedInvasionBy Kingdom of Italy
sportsAchievement dominance in long-distance running
timekeepingSystem Ethiopian time (12-hour day starting at sunrise)
traditionalBeverage buna (Ethiopian coffee)
linked to: Arabica
traditionalCalendar Ethiopian calendar
traditionalCuisine doro wat
injera
kitfo
shiro
traditionalDance eskista
traditionalMusic use of begena
use of krar
use of masenqo
traditionalNewYear Enkutatash
traditionalTitleForMonarch Negusa Nagast
UNMembershipViaCountry United Nations
writingSystem Geʽez script

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Enkutatash observedBy Ethiopians
Temescal neighborhood hasCulturalInfluence Ethiopian and Eritrean communities
linked to: Ethiopians
ትግርኛ usedBy Ethiopian diaspora communities
linked to: Ethiopians
Meskel celebratedIn Ethiopian diaspora communities
linked to: Ethiopians
Ethiopian film industry audience Ethiopian diaspora
linked to: Ethiopians
Ethiopian diaspora Ethiopian diaspora communities worldwide
linked to: Ethiopians
Ethiopian ethnonymOf Ethiopian people
linked to: Ethiopians
habesha kemis usedBy Habesha women
linked to: Ethiopians
The Ethiopians alsoKnownAs Ethiopians
Aethiopis featuresGroup Ethiopians
subject linked to: Aethiopis (lost epic)
Asghedom hasEthnicAssociation Ethiopian people
linked to: Ethiopians
Radamès enemyOf Ethiopians
subject linked to: Radames
Little Ethiopia (Los Angeles) ethnicCommunity Ethiopian Americans
subject linked to: Little Ethiopia neighborhood
linked to: Ethiopians
እንቁጣጣሽ observedBy Ethiopians
እንቁጣጣሽ observedBy Ethiopian diaspora communities
linked to: Ethiopians
Ethiopians diasporaCommunity Ethiopian Americans
linked to: Ethiopians
Kale Heywet Church areaServed Ethiopian diaspora
linked to: Ethiopians
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus regionServed Ethiopian diaspora
linked to: Ethiopians
Tigrina usedBy Ethiopian diaspora communities
linked to: Ethiopians
Charles William Isenberg ethnicContextOfWork Ethiopian peoples
linked to: Ethiopians
Eritrean people sharesLanguageWith Ethiopian people
linked to: Ethiopians
Shekacho people partOf Ethiopian peoples
linked to: Ethiopians
Anuak people neighboringEthnicGroup Highland Ethiopians
linked to: Ethiopians
Ethiopian Church (Jerusalem city center) pilgrimsFrom Ethiopian diaspora
linked to: Ethiopians