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Tigray Province, the Glossary

Tigray Province, also known as Tigre (tigrē), was a historical province of northern Ethiopia that overlayed the present day Afar and Tigray regions.^[1]

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History of the Tigray Region
Provinces of Ethiopia
States and territories disestablished in 1995

Abergele (woreda)

Tanqua Abergele (ጣንቋ ኣበርገለ, አበርገሌ) is one of the Districts of Ethiopia, or woredas, in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Abergele (woreda)

Addi Arkay (woreda)

Dashen (Amharic: ዳሽን) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Addi Arkay (woreda)

Adwa

Adwa (ዓድዋ; ዐድዋ; also spelled Adowa or Aduwa) is a town and separate woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Adwa

Afar Region

The Afar Region (Qafar Rakaakayak; ዓፋር ክልል), formerly known as Region 2, is a regional state in northeastern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Afar people.

See Tigray Province and Afar Region

Agame

Agame is a province in northern Ethiopia.

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Agaw languages

The Agaw or Central Cushitic languages are Afro-Asiatic languages spoken by several groups in Ethiopia and, in one case, Eritrea.

See Tigray Province and Agaw languages

Agʿazi

Agʿazi is the name of a region of the Aksumite Empire in what consists today of Eastern Tigray and central-south Eritrea. Tigray Province and Agʿazi are history of the Tigray Region.

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Amharas (Āmara; ʾÄməḥära) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group which is indigenous to Ethiopia, traditionally inhabiting parts of the northwest Highlands of Ethiopia, particularly inhabiting the Amhara Region.

See Tigray Province and Amhara people

Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, is believed to have been the most sacred religious relic of the Israelites.

See Tigray Province and Ark of the Covenant

Axum

Axum, also spelled Aksum (pronounced), is a town in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia with a population of 66,900 residents (as of 2015).

See Tigray Province and Axum

Battle of Adwa

The Battle of Adwa (ውግእ ዓድዋ;, also spelled Adowa) was the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War.

See Tigray Province and Battle of Adwa

Begemder

Begemder (በጌምድር; also known as Gondar or Gonder) was a province in northwest Ethiopia. Tigray Province and Begemder are states and territories disestablished in 1995.

See Tigray Province and Begemder

Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion

The Church of Our Lady, Mary of Zion is an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church which is claimed to contain the Ark of the Covenant.

See Tigray Province and Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion

Clements Markham

Sir Clements Robert Markham (20 July 1830 – 30 January 1916) was an English geographer, explorer and writer.

See Tigray Province and Clements Markham

Debre Dammo

Debre Dammo,The monastery is known as Däbrä Dammo (with the geminated -mm-) in Tigrinya, and as Däbrä Damo in later Amharic appellations.

See Tigray Province and Debre Dammo

Derg

The Derg (or Dergue), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the Marxist–Leninist military dictatorship that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership or junta formally "civilianized" the administration but stayed in power until 1991.

See Tigray Province and Derg

Dʿmt

Dʿmt (Unvocalized Ge'ez: ደዐመተ, DʿMT theoretically vocalized as ዳዓማት, *Daʿamat or ዳዕማት, *Daʿəmat) was a Sabean colony located in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia which existed between the 10th and 5th centuries BC.

See Tigray Province and Dʿmt

Enderta Province

Enderta or Inderta (እንደርታ) is a former historical province of Ethiopia; it is located in the eastern edge of the Tigray highlands. Tigray Province and Enderta Province are history of the Tigray Region.

See Tigray Province and Enderta Province

Enticho (woreda)

Enticho (also known as Ahferom) is one of woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Enticho (woreda)

Eritrea

Eritrea (or; Ertra), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara.

See Tigray Province and Eritrea

Ethiopia

Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.

See Tigray Province and Ethiopia

Gumuz people

The Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz and Gumz) are an ethnic group speaking a Nilo-Saharan language inhabiting the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in western Ethiopia, as well as the Fazogli region in Sudan.

See Tigray Province and Gumuz people

Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie I (Power of the Trinity; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.

See Tigray Province and Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie Gugsa

Haile Selassie Gugsa CBE (1907–1985) was an Ethiopian army commander and member of the Imperial family from Tigray.

See Tigray Province and Haile Selassie Gugsa

Hawzen (woreda)

Hawzen is an Ethiopian District or woreda in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Hawzen (woreda)

Humera

Humera is a town in the Kafta Humera woreda in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Humera

Irob people

The Irob people (Ge'ez: ኢሮብ ʾirōb, also spelled Erob) are an ethnic group who live in a predominantly highland, mountainous area by the same name in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Irob people

Italian East Africa

Italian East Africa (Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa.

See Tigray Province and Italian East Africa

Jeberti people

The Jeberti (translit, also pronounced Gabarti in Egyptian colloquial Arabic) are a Muslim clan inhabiting the Horn of Africa, mainly Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Yemen and Oman.

See Tigray Province and Jeberti people

Kobo (woreda)

Kobo or Raya Kobo is a woreda in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Kobo (woreda)

Kunama people

The Kunama are an ethnic group native to Eritrea.

See Tigray Province and Kunama people

Lake Ashenge

Lake Hashenge (also ጻዕዳ ባሕሪ Lake Hashange, Lake Hashengi) is a lake in the southern Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Lake Ashenge

Land of Punt

The Land of Punt (Egyptian: pwnt; alternate Egyptological readings Pwene(t)) was an ancient kingdom known from Ancient Egyptian trade records.

See Tigray Province and Land of Punt

Mengistu Haile Mariam

Mengistu Haile Mariam (መንግሥቱ ኀይለ ማርያም, pronunciation:; born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian former politician and former military officer who was the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991 and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991.

See Tigray Province and Mengistu Haile Mariam

Mereb Melash

Mereb Melash (Tigrinya: መረብ ምላሽ, English: Beyond the Mereb), also known as Midri Bahr, Ma'ikele Bahr or Bahr Melash was a semi-autonomous province located north of the Mareb River, in the Eritrean highlands (Kebassa) and some surrounding areas.

See Tigray Province and Mereb Melash

Mereb River

The Mareb River, also known as the Gash River (القاش), is a river flowing out of central Eritrea.

See Tigray Province and Mereb River

Military dictatorship

A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which power is held by one or more military officers.

See Tigray Province and Military dictatorship

Provinces of Eritrea

The provinces of Eritrea existed since pre-Axumite times and became administrative provinces from Eritrea's incorporation as a colony of Italy until the conversion of the provinces into administrative regions.

See Tigray Province and Provinces of Eritrea

Provinces of Ethiopia

Historically, Ethiopia was divided into provinces, further subdivided into awrajjas or districts, until they were replaced by ethnolinguistic-based regions (''kililoch'') and chartered cities in 1995.

See Tigray Province and Provinces of Ethiopia

Ras Mengesha Yohannes

Ras Mengesha Yohannes (መንገሻ ዮሓንስ; 1868 – 1906) was governor of Tigray and a son of Emperor Yohannes IV (r. 1872-89).

See Tigray Province and Ras Mengesha Yohannes

Sabaeans

The Sabaeans or Sabeans (𐩪𐩨𐩱|; as-Sabaʾiyyūn; Səḇāʾīm) were an ancient group of South Arabians.

See Tigray Province and Sabaeans

Sabagadis Woldu

Sabagadis Woldu (horse name: Abba Garray; baptismal name: Za-Manfas Qedus; 1780 – 1831) was a governor of Tigray Province of the Ethiopian Empire from 1822 to 1831.

See Tigray Province and Sabagadis Woldu

Saho language

The Saho language (Tigrinya: ሳሆኛ/ቋንቋ ሳሆ) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Saho language

Sanja (woreda)

Sanja was one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Sanja (woreda)

Sebhat Aregawi

Sebhat Aregawi (died 28 February 1914) was a ''Ras'' of Agame.

See Tigray Province and Sebhat Aregawi

Seyoum Mengesha

Seyoum Mengesha KBE (Amharic: ሥዩም መንገሻ; 21 June 1887 – 15 December 1960) was an army commander and a member of the royal family of the Ethiopian Empire.

See Tigray Province and Seyoum Mengesha

Shewa

Shewa (ሸዋ; Shawaa; Somali: Shawa), formerly romanized as Shua, Shoa, Showa, Shuwa (Scioà in Italian), is a historical region of Ethiopia which was formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire. Tigray Province and Shewa are provinces of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Shewa

Shire Inda Slasse

Shire, also known as Shire Inda Selassie (meaning "House of the Trinity"), is a city and separate woreda in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Shire Inda Slasse

Tembien

Tembien (Tigrigna: ተምቤን) is a historic region in Tigray Region and former provinces of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Tembien

Tigray Region

The Tigray Region (or simply Tigray; officially the Tigray National Regional State) is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Tigray Region

Tigrayans

Tigrayans (ተጋሩ) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Tigrayans

Tigrinya language

Tigrinya (ትግርኛ,; also spelled Tigrigna) is an Ethio-Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples.

See Tigray Province and Tigrinya language

Tukrir

In Ethiopia and Eritrea, the terms Tukrīr (Amharic) and Tukrir (Tigrinya) are used to designate persons of West or Central African origin.

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Western Zone, Tigray

The Western Zone is a zone in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Western Zone, Tigray

Yeha

Yeha (ይሐ yiḥa, older ESA 𐩥𐩢 ḤW; Old South Arabian: 𐩺𐩢𐩱 Yḥʾ) is a town in the Maekelay Zone of the northern Tigray Region in Ethiopia.

See Tigray Province and Yeha

Yohannes IV

Yohannes IV (Tigrinya: ዮሓንስ ፬ይ Rabaiy Yōḥānnes; horse name Abba Bezbiz also known as Kahśsai; born Lij Kahssai Mercha; 11 July 1837 – 10 March 1889) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to his death in 1889 at the Battle of Gallabat, and king of Tigray from 1869 to 1871.

See Tigray Province and Yohannes IV

1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia

A widespread famine affected Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985.

See Tigray Province and 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigray_Province

Also known as Kingdom of Tigré, Province of Tigray, Tigray (province), Tigre Province.

, Tigrayans, Tigrinya language, Tukrir, Western Zone, Tigray, Yeha, Yohannes IV, 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia.

Tigray Province, the Glossary

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See also

History of the Tigray Region

Provinces of Ethiopia

States and territories disestablished in 1995

References