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From Tigrinya ሓበሻ (ḥabäša) or Amharic ሐበሻ (ḥäbäša) (also attested in many other variants: ሀበሻ (häbäša), ሃበሻ (habäša), ሀቢሻ (häbiša), አበሻ (ʾäbäša)), from Ge'ez ሓበሠት (ḥabäśät), ሓበሥ (ḥabäś), from earlier inscriptional and unvocalized Ge'ez ሐበሠተ (ḤBŚT) as attested in at least one 4th-century inscription from the Kingdom of Aksum.

Habesha (plural Habesha)

a member of a Semitic-speaking ethnic group, of Christian faith, between the Blue Nile and the Red Sea (whether Amhara, Tigrayan or Tigrinya)
- 1981, American University (Washington, D.C.), Foreign Area Studied; Harold D. Nelson, Irving Kaplan (editors), Ethiopia, a Country Study page 15:
  Portugal, the first power to circumnavigate Africa and enter the Indian Ocean, displayed primary interest in this potential ally of the West and sent a representative to Ethiopia in 1493; the Habesha, in turn, sent an envoy to Portugal in 1509 to request a coordinated attack on the Muslims.
- 1988, Dennis B. Fradin, Ethiopia page 21:
  Some of these people became known as the Habesha. Abyssinia – an ancient name for Ethiopia that is still sometimes used – is thought to have evolved from the name Habesha.
the region of Ethiopia and Eritrea, particularly as inhabited by Semitic-speaking Christians
the country of Ethiopia
- 1998, Negussay Ayele, Wit and Wisdom of Ethiopia page 124:
  Ethiopia ኢትዮጵያ / Habesha አበሻ. The outside world has at times referred to Ethiopia and Ethiopians as Habesha or Abyssinia and Abyssinians.

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-# a member of [[Semitic]]-speaking ethnic group, of [[Christian]] faith, between the [[Blue Nile]] and the [[Red Sea]] {{gl|whether [[Amhara]], [[Tigrayan]] or [[Tigrinya]]}}
+# a member of a [[Semitic]]-speaking ethnic group, of [[Christian]] faith, between the [[Blue Nile]] and the [[Red Sea]] {{gl|whether [[Amhara]], [[Tigrayan]] or [[Tigrinya]]}}
 #* {{Q|en|American University (Washington, D.C.), Foreign Area Studied; Harold D. Nelson, Irving Kaplan (editors)|Ethiopia, a Country Study|page 15|year=1981|quote=Portugal, the first power to circumnavigate Africa and enter the Indian Ocean, displayed primary interest in this potential ally of the West and sent a representative to Ethiopia in 1493; the '''Habesha''', in turn, sent an envoy to Portugal in 1509 to request a coordinated attack on the Muslims.}}
 #* {{Q|en|Dennis B. Fradin|Ethiopia|page 21|year=1988|quote=Some of these people became known as the Habesha. Abyssinia – an ancient name for Ethiopia that is still sometimes used – is thought to have evolved from the name '''Habesha'''.}}