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ID: 7001658
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001658

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Eritrea (nation)  Eritrea (nation)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 039 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 39.0000  decimal degrees

Note: The area was part of the ancient Ethiopian kingdom of Axum before the 7th century, and was claimed by Ottomans in the 16th century. In the 19th century it was claimed by Egypt and Italy. From the 1960s, it was part of the modern nation of Ethiopia from, but secessionists fought for independence. Major languages include Arabic, Italian, Tigrinya, Tigre, Saho, and Danakili.

Names:
Iritriyā (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U)
Dawlat Iritriyā (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U)
Iertra (C,V,Tigrinya)
Iertra (Tigrinya (transliterated)-P,U)
Hagere Iertra (C,V,O,Tigrinya)
Hagere Iertra (Tigrinya (transliterated),U)
Iertra, Hagere (C,V,Tigrinya (transliterated),U)
Ērtra, Hagere (C,V,Tigrinya (transliterated),U)
Eritrea (C,V,English-P,U,N)  ............ name first used by the Italians in 19th cen., refers to Roman term for Red Sea, "Mare Erythaeum"; UN Official formal name
Eritrea (Tagalog)
Eritrea (Nauruan)
Eritrea (Malagasy)
Eritrea (Vietnamese)
Eritrea (Ilocano)
Eritrea (Indonesian)
Eritrea (Magyar (Hungarian))
Eritrea (Danish)
Eritrea (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
Eritrea (Finnish)
Eritrea (Swedish)
Eritrea (Romanian)
Eritrea (Slovak)
Eritrea (Spanish-P,U,N)
Eritrea (Catalan)
Eritrea (Basque)
Eritrea (Aragonese)
Eritrea (Asturian)
Eritrea (Irish Gaelic)
Eritrea (Welsh)
Eritrea (German)
Eritrea (Low German)
Eritrea (Albanian)
Eritrea (Breton)
Eritrea (Cornish)
Eritrea (Czech)
Eritrea (Dutch)
Eritrea (Afrikaans)
Eritrea (Galician)
Eritrea (Faroese)
Eritrea (Italian)
Eritrea (Estonian)
Eritrea (Greenlandic)
Eritrea (Norwegian (Bokmål))
Eritrea (Romansh)
Eritrea (Kikuyu)
Eritrea (Malay (macrolanguage))
Eritrea (North Ndebele)
Eritrea (Norwegian)
Eritrea (Pampanga)
Eritrea (Northern Sami)
Eritrea (Shona)
Eritrea (Swahili (generic))
Eritrea (Ido)
Eritrea (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
Eritrea (Limburgan)
Eritrea (Novial)
State of Eritrea (C,V,O,English,U,N)  ............ National Official formal name
Eritrea, State of (C,V,English,U,N)
Irītrīyā (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
Dawlat Irītrīyā (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
Ērtra (C,V,Tigrinya (transliterated),U)
Ertra (C,V)
Ēritra (C,V)
Érythrée (C,O,French-P,U,N)
État d'Érythrée, l' (C,O,French,U)
Erithrea (C,O)
Erythraea (C,O,Latin)
Erythraia (C,O)
ኤርትራ (C,V,Tigrinya-P,U)
ኤርትራ (Amharic)
ሃገረ ኤርትራ (C,V,O,Tigrinya,U)
Эритрея (C,O,Tajik)
Эритрея (Russian-P,U)
厄立特里亚 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
إرًتريا (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
ERI (C,O)
ER (C,O,ISO2L)
ISO232 (C,O,ISO3N)
Eritrean (C,O,English,U,A)
Æriþrea (C,U,Anglo-Saxon)
An Eiritré (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
Eartra (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
Elitelɛ (C,U,Lingala)
Elitele (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
Elitereya (C,U,Rundi)
ʻElitulia (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
Eretereeya (C,U,Somali)
Eretria (C,U,Afar)
Eritere (C,U,Bambara)
Eriteree (C,U,Fulah)
Eritireya (C,U,Hausa)
Ê-ri-tơ-rê-a (C,U,Vietnamese)
Ê-ri-tơ-rê-a (Eritrea) (C,U,Vietnamese)
Èritrê (C,U,Arpitan)
Eritre (C,U,Albanian)
Eritre (Turkish)
Eritre (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
Eritrea - ኤርትራ (C,U,Galician)
Erítrea (C,U,Icelandic)
Erîtrea (C,U,Kurdish)
Eritrèa (C,U,Occitan)
Eritrea nutome (C,U,Ewe)
Eritrëe (C,U,Sangho)
Eritreea (C,U,Romanian)
Eritréia (C,U,Portuguese)
Eritreia (C,U,Portuguese)
Eritreja (C,U,Maltese)
Eritreja (Croatian)
Eritreja (Bosnian)
Eritreja (Latvian)
Eritreja (Slovene)
Eritreja (Upper Sorbian)
Eritrėja (C,U,Lithuanian)
Eritreo (C,U,Esperanto)
Eritreya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
Eritureya (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
Erytrea (C,U,Polish)
Hagere Ērtra (C,U,Tigrinya)
i-Eritrea (C,U,Zulu)
Lerüträn (C,U,Volapük)
Orílẹ́ède Eritira (C,U,Yoruba)
Ɛritrea (C,U,Akan)
إريتريا (C,U,Arabic)
អេរីទ្រា (C,U,Khmer)
เอริเทรีย (C,U,Thai)
എരിട്രിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
ერიტრეა (C,U,Georgian)
اریتره (C,U,Pashto)
اریتره (Persian-Farsi)
ارتریا (C,U,Urdu)
ئېرىترېيە (C,U,Uyghur)
에리트레아 (C,U,Korean)
Эрытрэя (C,U,Belarusian)
ارتريا (C,U,Arabic)
Էրիտրեա (C,U,Armenian)
אריטראה (C,U,Hebrew )
Ερυθραία (C,U,Greek)
에리트리아 (C,U,Korean)
इरिट्रिया (C,U,Marathi)
इरिट्रिया (Hindi)
ইরিত্রিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
Еритреја (C,U,Serbian)
Еритреја (Macedonian)
エリトリア (C,U,Japanese)
ประเทศเอริเทรีย (C,U,Thai)
אריתריאה (C,U,Hebrew )
Еритрея (C,U,Bulgarian)
Еритрея (Ukrainian)
ارتيريا (C,U,Arabic)
इरीट्रिया (C,U,Sanskrit)
اريتريا (C,U,Arabic)
ອິນຊີ (C,U,Lao)
اریتریا (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
එරිත්‍රියාව (C,U,Sinhala)
એરિટ્રિયા (C,U,Gujarati)
எரிட்ரியா (C,U,Tamil)
ಏರಿಟ್ರಿಯಾ (C,U,Kannada)
एरित्रिया (C,U,Nepali)
এরিট্রিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
ఎరిట్రియా (C,U,Telugu)
ଇରିଟ୍ରିୟା (C,U,Odia)
Ерітрея (C,U,Ukrainian)
ཨེ་རི་ཏྲེ་ཨ། (C,U,Tibetan)
എറിത്രിയ (C,U,Malayalam)
Еритреа (C,U,Serbian)
אריתרה (C,U,Hebrew )
إرتريا (C,U,Arabic)
ئەریتریا (C,U,Kurdish)
एरीत्रिया (C,U,Hindi)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Eritrea (nation)  ........  Eritrea (nation) (P)

Place Types:
nation (preferred, C)  ............  gained independence from Ityopiya on May 24, 1993
primary political unit (C)
independent sovereign nation (C)
region (administrative division) (H)  ............  joined Ethiopia in 1962, gained independence in 1993
independent political entity (C)

Related geographic places:
capital is ....  Asmara .......... (inhabited place)
..................  (World, Africa, Eritrea, Ma’ākel) [1089719]
historical connection ....  D'mt .......... (former nation/state/empire)
........................................  (World, Africa) [8698179]
member of ....  United Nations .......... (organization)
................  (World) [7029605]
................  joined organization in 1993

Sources and Contributors:
ኤርትራ..........  [VP]
...........  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
...........  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 22 July 2013
ሃገረ ኤርትራ..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 22 July 2013
Эритрея..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 22 July 2013
厄立特里亚..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
..............  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 22 July 2013
إرًتريا..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 22 July 2013
إريتريا..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
អេរីទ្រា..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
เอริเทรีย..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
എരിട്രിയ..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ერიტრეა..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
اریتره..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ارتریا..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ئېرىترېيە..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
에리트레아..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Эрытрэя..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ارتريا..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Էրիտրեա..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
אריטראה..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Ερυθραία..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
에리트리아..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
इरिट्रिया..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ইরিত্রিয়া..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Еритреја..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
エリトリア..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ประเทศเอริเทรีย..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
אריתריאה..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Еритрея..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ارتيريا..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
इरीट्रिया..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
اريتريا..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ອິນຊີ..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
اریتریا..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
එරිත්‍රියාව..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
એરિટ્રિયા..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
எரிட்ரியா..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ಏರಿಟ್ರಿಯಾ..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
एरित्रिया..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
এরিট্রিয়া..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ఎరిట్రియా..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ଇରିଟ୍ରିୟା..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Ерітрея..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ཨེ་རི་ཏྲེ་ཨ།..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
എറിത്രിയ..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Еритреа..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
אריתרה..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
إرتريا..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ئەریتریا..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
एरीत्रिया..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Æriþrea..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
An Eiritré..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Dawlat Irītrīyā..........  [VP]
.............................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 15 June 2009
Dawlat Iritriyā..........  [VP]
.............................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 22 July 2013
Eartra..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Elitelɛ..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Elitele..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Elitereya..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ʻElitulia..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ER..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Country Codes (1996) 14
...........  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) FIPS; accessed 04/07/99
Eretereeya..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eretria..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
ERI..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Newsletter (1993) 1993-07-16, III-56
Eritere..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eriteree..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Erithrea..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 15 June 2009
Eritireya..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Ê-ri-tơ-rê-a..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Ê-ri-tơ-rê-a (Eritrea)..........  [VP]
.........................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Ēritra..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 15 June 2009
Èritrê..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritre..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritrea..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Africa, Los Angeles Times (1993)
.................  African Horn, National Geographic (1993) 98
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 603
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 279
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 544
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-30
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) corrigendum, 25 June 1993, for page 50
Eritrea - ኤርትራ..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Erítrea..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Erîtrea..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritrèa..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritrean..........  [VP]
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 13
Eritrea nutome..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritrea, State of..........  [VP]
................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 15 June 2009
Eritrëe..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritreea..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritréia..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritreia..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritreja..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritrėja..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritreo..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritreya..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Eritureya..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Ērtra..........  [VP]
..............  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 196
Ertra..........  [VP]
..............  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-85
Ērtra, Hagere..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Erythraea..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 15 June 2009
Erythraia..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 15 June 2009
Érythrée..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) corrigendum, June 25, 1993
Erytrea..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
État d'Érythrée, l'..........  [VP]
...................................  ISO Newsletter VI-13 (2012)
Hagere Ērtra..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Hagere Iertra..........  [VP]
..........................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
..........................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 22 July 2013
i-Eritrea..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Iertra..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 22 July 2013
Iertra, Hagere..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 15 June 2009
Irītrīyā..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 15 June 2009
Iritriyā..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 22 July 2013
ISO232..........  [VP]
.................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 14
Lerüträn..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Orílẹ́ède Eritira..........  [VP]
................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
Ɛritrea..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
State of Eritrea..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
.............................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 15 June 2009
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Africa, Los Angeles Times (1993)
..................  African Horn, National Geographic (1993) 98
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 603
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 196
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 279
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 544
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 338010
..................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 14
..................  ISO Newsletter (1993) 1993-07-16, III-56
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 04/07/99
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-85
..................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-30
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) corrigendum, 25 June 1993, for page 50; corrigendum, June 25, 1993
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 13
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)

 

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