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Abyssinia (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 08 59 06 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 8.9850 decimal degrees |
| Long: 038 45 21 E degrees minutes |
Long: 38.7560 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area in the Horn of Africa, particularly from the 11th century, comprising mostly Christian, Semitic-speaking peoples in a territory including Eritrea, Tigray, Gonder, and parts of Gojam, Shewa, and Welo, extending from the sixth to the fifteenth degree of north latitude, and situated to the south of Nubia. |
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| Abyssinia (historical) (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Abissinia (C,V,Italian-P,U,N)
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| Abyssinian (C,V,English,U,A)
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