Ethiopia

e-thi-o'pl-a, among the ancients, a term applied to the southern part of the world inhabited by people of dark complexion. The word is Greek, meaning literally a burnt countenance. In its widest application the name covered those parts of Asia inhabited by the dark-skinned Hindus as well as the Africans. In its modern use the term is applied to that part of Africa which is inhabited by the negro race. In a more limited sense the term is applied to the present region of Nubia and Abyssinia, and, in its lowest limits, Ethiopia was the land of Kush, belonging to Egypt, a country noted for ivory and aromatic spices.