الحبشة

Etymology
, only attested in Aksumite inscriptions, later replaced with e.g., and the 🇨🇬 exonym ; originally also meaning both sides of the Red Sea (which  colonized). To its dominion then referred. In the inhabitants of Punt were repeatedly called, , interpreted as from , , , however the moniker’s status as an actual demonym instead of just meaning literally “bearded ones” is doubtful, as well as the capability of the Egyptians to impose their term upon Aksum to be her endonym, for it to become the copiously attested 🇨🇬 and  too. Possibly originally referring to an emigrated Yemenite tribe, reflected in the (now Saudi) toponyms and  as well as  whose residents are called.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Abyssinia former name of Ethiopia