ኤርትራ
ʾertəra/ʔer(ɨ).tra/
Eritrea in Tigrinya is ኤርትራ (ʾertəra).
ኤርትራ is the name of the country located in Eastern Africa.
Meaning: country in Eastern Africa (name)
How do you pronounce it?
The pronunciation is ʾertəra. It has two syllables.
Did you know?
- The name ኤርትራ is an exact phonetic copy of the Italian 'Eritrea', which was used during the period of Italian colonization in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- The Tigrinya language belongs to the Semitic family, making it a distant relative of Arabic and Hebrew, though it is written in a unique script.
- Tigrinya is written using the Ge'ez script, one of the oldest writing systems still in active use in the world today.
Example sentences for Tigrinya are not verified yet.
Example conversation
Two people are meeting for the first time.
- ሰላም Selamሰላም ኤፍሬም፡ ካብ ኣበይ ኢኻ?Selam Efrem, kab abey ikha?Hello Efrem, where are you from?
- ኤፍሬም Efremሰላም፡ ኣነ ካብ ኤርትራ እየ።Selam, ane kab Eritrea iye.Hello, I am from Eritrea.
- ሰላም Selamብጣዕሚ ጽቡቕ እዩ።Bitami tsibuq eyu.That is very nice.
- ኤፍሬም Efremየቐንየለይ።Yeqenyelye.Thank you.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “eritrea” translations and entries ኤርትራ, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries ኤርትራ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
