General Reference
- Pronunciation: /iːθiˈoʊpiə/
- Common English country name: Ethiopia
- Official English country name: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Ethiopian
- Demonym(s):
- Etymology: Name of Ethiopia
- International rankings of Ethiopia
- ISO country codes: ET, ETH, 231
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:ET
- Internet country code top-level domain: .et
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