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Nave Topical Bible
• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
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• Cush- Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
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• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Ethiopia
People's Bible Dictionary
• Ethiopia
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
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• Ethiopia
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• ܟ݁ܽܘܫ
• כוּשּׁ , כוּשּׁ
• כוּשִּׁי

(Greek: aitho, burn; ops, face)

In ancient geography a country south of Egypt and closely connected with it; all the land bounded by the upper Nile on the west, and the Red Sea and Arabian Gulf on the east. A eunuch, minister of Candace, Queen of Ethiopia, was converted to Christianity by the deacon Philip (Acts 8).

Archdioceses, past and present, include

• Addis Abeba

Dioceses, past and present, include:

• Adigrat

Other ecclesiastical divisions include:

• Asmara (Vicariate Apostolic)
• Awasa (Vicariate Apostolic)
• Dessié (Prefecture Apostolic)
• Emdeber (Apostolic Exarchate)
• Endeber (Prefecture Apostolic)
• Gambella (Prefecture Apostolic)
• Gondar (Prefecture Apostolic)
• Harar (Vicariate Apostolic)
• Jimma-Bonga (Prefecture Apostolic)
• Meki (Vicariate Apostolic)
• Nekemte (Vicariate Apostolic)
• Soddo-Hosanna (Vicariate Apostolic)

See also:

• World Fact Book
  

• patron saints index: Ethiopia