Eritrea

eh-REE-tree-uh'eh-REE-tree-uh'4 syllables
🇮🇹Italian
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MEANING

Land of the Red Sea

ORIGIN

Eritrea

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from the Italian form of the Greek 'Erythraia', from the Greek 'erythros' meaning 'red'.

CULTURAL NOTES

Associated with the African nation of Eritrea, located in the Horn of Africa.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The name was given to the region by the Italian colonizers in the late 19th century.

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