Abyssinian

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Ab·ys·sin·i·an

(ăb′ĭ-sĭn′ē-ən)

adj.

Of or relating to Abyssinia.

1. A native or inhabitant of Abyssinia.

2. A domestic cat of a slender breed developed in Britain, possibly from cats imported from northeast Africa, having a short coat, often golden brown, with hairs that have bands of lighter and darker color.

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Abyssinian

(ˌæbɪˈsɪnɪən)

(Placename) a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia

adj

(Placename) of or relating to Abyssinia or its inhabitants

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Noun

Abyssinian - a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat

Abyssinian cat

domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis

Translations

abyssinier

абиссинка абиссинский абиссинцы абиссинец

Abyssinian

[ˌæbɪˈsɪnɪən]

A. ADJ → abisinio

B. N → abisinio/a m/f

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Abyssinian

adj attr → abessinisch

n → Abessinier(in) m(f)

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From the northeast, for several months, Abdul Mourak, in command of a detachment of Abyssinian soldiers, had been assiduously searching for the Arab raider, Achmet Zek, who, six months previously, had affronted the majesty of Abdul Mourak's emperor by conducting a slave raid within the boundaries of Menelek's domain.

From a chance remark of the Abyssinian, Werper discovered the purpose of the expedition, and when he realized that these men were the enemies of Achmet Zek, he took heart, and immediately blamed his predicament upon the Arab.

Lest, however, he might again fall into the hands of the raider, he discouraged Abdul Mourak in the further prosecution of his pursuit, assuring the Abyssinian that Achmet Zek commanded a large and dangerous force, and also that he was marching rapidly toward the south.

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As his body servant, I accompanied him mounted upon a fiery little Abyssinian pony.

The name of the town, translated from the Abyssinian, is New Gondar.

She answered him in Abyssinian, but brokenly and with an accent that betrayed how recently she had acquired her slight knowledge of the tongue.

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If the Portuguese were biassed by any particular views, another bias equally powerful may have deflected the Frenchman from the truth, for they evidently write with contrary designs: the Portuguese, to make their mission seem more necessary, endeavoured to place in the strongest light the differences between the Abyssinian and Roman Church; but the great Ludolfus, laying hold on the advantage, reduced these later writers to prove their conformity.

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"Yes," said the pushmi-pullyu--"to the Abyssinian Gazelles and the Asiatic Chamois --on my mother's side.

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He had been hoisted into a ship at the end of a steam crane and taken for days across the water, and made to carry a mortar on his back in a strange and rocky country very far from India, and had seen the Emperor Theodore lying dead in Magdala, and had come back again in the steamer entitled, so the soldiers said, to the Abyssinian War medal.

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It was an Abyssinian or Nubian production of a bizarre shape; the clumsiest thing imaginable, partaking of a sickle and a chopper with a sharp edge and a pointed end.

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The manners and customs of the Abyssinians seemed so different from those of the English, that no one would credit the description of them.

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The population of Jerusalem is composed of Moslems, Jews, Greeks, Latins, Armenians, Syrians, Copts, Abyssinians, Greek Catholics, and a handful of Protestants.