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Eritrean

Eritrean

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From Eritrea or connected with its people and culture
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛrɪˈtrɪən/
: eritreo
  • There was a great deal of unemployment and sustained emigration of Eritrean labor to neighboring countries.
  • Eritrean Liberation
  • Eritrean People
  • Eritrean movement

So as tensions now again rise with Abyssinia, the Italian Eritrean base might prove to be decisive.

Examples

  • On the part of the Eritrean leadership, vision and pragmatism are also required.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Given the right conditions, Eritrean and Ethiopian farmers could support themselves and the towns.

    Academic text (1991)

  • There is a need to consider the Eritrean question in a new light.

    Academic text (1991)

  • But neither Arab nor Soviet support has been essential to the success of the Eritrean resistance.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Reforestation, therefore, is a good starting point to discuss the Eritrean approach to development.

    Academic text (1991)

  • In addition, religion was held to be a source of disunity among the Eritrean people.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Since 1984, I have been working with Eritrean colleagues doing research for reforestation.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Growing numbers of people now acknowledge that the aspirations of the Eritrean people for self-determination are legitimate.

    Academic text (1991)

  • A third socio-cultural factor related to the cohesiveness of the Eritrean people after independence is the issue of language.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The Eritrean flag features green, red, and blue stripes representing the country's heritage.

Surface Forms

Eritrean positive

Morphology

Eritrean = Eritrea (transparent) = Eritrea + an

A regular demonym/adjectival formation (country name + -an); learners who know 'Eritrea' can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Eritrean comes from the country name Eritrea, which itself comes from an old Greek word erythros meaning 'red' because the land lies by the 'Red Sea'. The ending -ean is like in European and shows origin, so Eritrean means 'of or relating to Eritrea'.