Definition of Tigrayan in English:
Tigrayan
(also Tigrean)
adjectivetɪˈɡreɪəntəˈɡreɪən
Relating to or characteristic of the Ethiopian province of Tigray or its people.
the tiny Tigrayan minority community
Example sentencesExamples
- At the same time he adopted the name of a Tigrayan nationalist student who had been killed by the regime.
- During the colonial era, Italy briefly ruled Tigrayan lands.
- There are still few Western-trained physicians and life expectancy is low in Tigrayan areas.
- Many Tigrayan churches were cut into cliffs or from single blocks of stone, as they were in Turkey and in parts of Greece.
- Among the first peoples to inhabit Ethiopia were Ge'ez speaking agrarians, who settled in the Tigrayan highlands around 2000 BC.
nountɪˈɡreɪəntəˈɡreɪən
A native or inhabitant of the Ethiopian province of Tigray.
they would prefer the leadership to remain in the hands of a Tigrayan
Example sentencesExamples
- The Tigrayans, in fact, had been converted to Christianity hundreds of years before most of Europe.
- What is certain is the federal government in Addis Ababa, dominated by Orthodox Christian Tigrayans and Amharans, is determined the insurgents' aims will not be achieved by violence.
- His administration is dominated by minority Tigrayans.
- The regions of Ethiopia and Eritrea where most Tigrayans live are high plateau, separated from the Red Sea by an escarpment) and a desert.
- Today roughly half the Tigrayans live in Ethiopia and the other half in Eritrea.
Rhymes
Eritrean, Ghanaian, Himalayan, Malayan
Definition of Tigrayan in US English:
Tigrayan
(also Tigrean)
adjectivetəˈɡrāəntəˈɡreɪən
Relating to or characteristic of the Ethiopian province of Tigray or its people.
the tiny Tigrayan minority community
Example sentencesExamples
- At the same time he adopted the name of a Tigrayan nationalist student who had been killed by the regime.
- Among the first peoples to inhabit Ethiopia were Ge'ez speaking agrarians, who settled in the Tigrayan highlands around 2000 BC.
- Many Tigrayan churches were cut into cliffs or from single blocks of stone, as they were in Turkey and in parts of Greece.
- During the colonial era, Italy briefly ruled Tigrayan lands.
- There are still few Western-trained physicians and life expectancy is low in Tigrayan areas.
nountəˈɡrāəntəˈɡreɪən
A native or inhabitant of the Ethiopian province of Tigray.
they would prefer the leadership to remain in the hands of a Tigrayan
Example sentencesExamples
- Today roughly half the Tigrayans live in Ethiopia and the other half in Eritrea.
- What is certain is the federal government in Addis Ababa, dominated by Orthodox Christian Tigrayans and Amharans, is determined the insurgents' aims will not be achieved by violence.
- The Tigrayans, in fact, had been converted to Christianity hundreds of years before most of Europe.
- His administration is dominated by minority Tigrayans.
- The regions of Ethiopia and Eritrea where most Tigrayans live are high plateau, separated from the Red Sea by an escarpment) and a desert.