Eritrea
/ˌerɪˈtrɪə/- an independent state in NE Africa, on the Red Sea; pop. 5,647,200 (est. 2009); language, Tigre and Cushitic languages; capital, Asmara.厄立特里亚(位于非洲东北部红海之滨的一个独立国家; 2009年估计人口5,647,200; 使用的语言有提格雷语和库希特语; 首都阿斯马拉)。
It was an Italian colony from 1890 to 1952, when it became part of Ethiopia. After a long guerrilla war it became internally self-governing in 1991 and fully independent in 1993.
派生词
Eritrean
adjective & noun词源
from Italian, from Latin Mare Erythraeum 'the Red Sea'.