Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Italian Red-Sea colony of Eritrea: as, Eritrean currency; Eritrean defenses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a native or inhabitant of Eritrea.
- adjective of or pertaining to Eritrea.
- adjective of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Eritrea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person from
Eritrea or of Eritrean descent. - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Eritrea, the Eritrean people or the Eritrean culture.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its people
- noun a native or inhabitant of Eritrea
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Examples
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Born in 1993 out of a brutal and hard-fought 30-year war with Ethiopia, Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki wasted little time in rewarding his beleaguered nation of five million people with a regime based on violence and oppression.
Kathryn Cameron Porter: Eritrea: Africa's Human Rights Black Hole Kathryn Cameron Porter 2011
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While serving time in an Eritrean jail one can expect to be beaten, tortured, tied up, and forced to work without adequate food and water.
Kathryn Cameron Porter: Eritrea: Africa's Human Rights Black Hole Kathryn Cameron Porter 2011
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Ten days ago we lost four of our brothers, said Shishay Tesfay, an Eritrean refugee.
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Born in 1993 out of a brutal and hard-fought 30-year war with Ethiopia, Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki wasted little time in rewarding his beleaguered nation of five million people with a regime based on violence and oppression.
Kathryn Cameron Porter: Eritrea: Africa's Human Rights Black Hole Kathryn Cameron Porter 2011
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While serving time in an Eritrean jail one can expect to be beaten, tortured, tied up, and forced to work without adequate food and water.
Kathryn Cameron Porter: Eritrea: Africa's Human Rights Black Hole Kathryn Cameron Porter 2011
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"Everybody can see the picture of Libya," added Eritrean refugee Shishay Tesfay.
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Ten days ago we lost four of our brothers, said Shishay Tesfay, an Eritrean refugee.
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In a chapter of Afterword, a book sold as part of a boxed collection of Larsson's work, Holmberg describes how the writer taught Eritrean women to fire grenades.
Stieg Larsson 'spent year training Eritrean guerrillas' Homa Khaleeli 2010
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"Everybody can see the picture of Libya," added Eritrean refugee Shishay Tesfay.
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Religious freedom in Eritrea is also almost non-existent, with the government approving only four religions and their practices: the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Eritrea, the Roman Catholic Church and Islam.
Kathryn Cameron Porter: Eritrea: Africa's Human Rights Black Hole Kathryn Cameron Porter 2011
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