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ERITREAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eritrean mean?
• ERITREAN (noun)
The noun ERITREAN has 1 sense:
1. a native or inhabitant of Eritrea
Familiarity information: ERITREAN used as a noun is very rare.
• ERITREAN (adjective)
The adjective ERITREAN has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people
Familiarity information: ERITREAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Eritrea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Eritrean" is a kind of...):
Ethiopian (a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia)
Holonyms ("Eritrean" is a member of...):
Eritrea; State of Eritrea (an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993)
Derivation:
Eritrean (of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
Eritrean civil war
Pertainym:
Eritrea (an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993)
Derivation:
Eritrea (an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993)
Eritrean (a native or inhabitant of Eritrea)
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