Erythräa

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eʁyˈtʁɛːa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːa

Etymology 1

From New Latin Erythraea (“Eritrea”), itself a learned borrowing from Italian Eritrea, the latter of which was first used 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”).

Proper noun

Erythräa

  1. Alternative form of Eritrea
    • 1904, E. Dagobert Schoenfeld, Erythräa und der ägyptische Sudân:
    • 1910, Auguste Forel, Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa:
    • 1930, Hermann Norden, Durch Abessinien und Erythräa:
    • 1960, Ergebnisse der inneren Medizin und Kinderheilkunde, page 231:
      [...] in Uganda, in Erythräa und auch in Gambia [...]
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Proper noun

Erythräa

  1. Erythrae, Ionia
    • 1826, Von der Stadt Gottes, page 566:
      Einige sind der Meinung, die Sybille Erythräa habe zu eben jener Zeit geweissagt [...]
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