Abyssinia
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Abyssinia may refer to :
Places and jurisdictions
- Ethiopian Empire or Abyssinia, a historical nation in the northern half of present-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. Note that this does not refer to the ancient Ethiopian Empire, otherwise known as the Kingdom of Kush.
- the former Eastern Catholic missionary Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia (initially Apostolic Prefecture of Abyssinia, later Apostolic Vicariate of Addis Abeba, Apostolic Exarchate of Addis Abeba, ultimately Metropolitanate sui iuris of Addis Abeba)
- Ethiopia, the modern nation, historically known by the pars pro toto Abyssinia
Other uses
- Vessels
- SS Abyssinia, an 1870 Canadian Pacific steamship
- HMS Abyssinia (1870), a British armoured ship
- Music
- Abyssinia (musical)
- "Abyssinia", a song by the Patti Smith Group on Radio Ethiopia
Television
- "Abyssinia, Henry" was the 72nd episode of the television series M*A*S*H. The episode was the last for the character of Henry Blake; "Abyssinia" was a reference to the word's slang use for "goodbye" ("I'll be seeing you").
See also
- Abyssinian (disambiguation)
- History of Ethiopia
- Abyssinia Crisis (Interbellum)
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