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Abyssinia was the old name for Ethiopia, originating in the 1630s from the Modern Latin term Abyssinia which came from the Arabic name Habasah. Habasah is said to refer to the region of Ethiopia and comes from the Amharic word "hbsh" meaning "mixed", in reference to the different races dwelling in Ethiopia. In the 1920s-1930s, Abyssinia was also popularly used as a pun for the phrase "I

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Peter Fredricks

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