eritrea
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of eritrea
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
“Close to the border with Eritrea, its ethereal, Martian landscape sits within the Danakil Depression.”
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A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
“Close to the border with Eritrea, its ethereal, Martian landscape sits within the Danakil Depression.”
- (historical)A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
- (historical)A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
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