Abyssinia

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Abyssinia may refer to :

Places, jurisdictions and events

• the Ethiopian Empire, which was historically known as Abyssinia, a nation that comprised the northern half of present-day Ethiopia . Note that this does not refer to the ancient Ethiopian Empire.
• Ethiopia, the modern nation, historically known by the pars pro toto Abyssinia
• Abyssinia Crisis: Mussolini-engineered occupation and colonialism of Eastern Africa (1935-1944)
• the former Eastern Catholic missionary Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia (initially Apostolic Prefecture of Abyssinia, later Apostolic Vicariate of Addis Abeba, Apostolic Exarchate of Addis Abeba, ultimately Metropolitanate sui iuris of Addis Abeba)

Other uses

• Abyssinia (battle honour)

Vessels

• SS Abyssinia, an 1870 Canadian Pacific steamship
• HMS Abyssinia (1870), a British armoured ship

Music

• Abyssinia (musical)
• "Abyssinia", a song by the Patti Smith Group on Radio Ethiopia

Television

• "Abyssinia, Henry" was the 72nd episode of the television series M*A*S*H. The episode was the last for the character of Henry Blake; "Abyssinia" was a reference to the word's slang use for "goodbye" ("I'll be seeing you").

See also

• Abyssinian (disambiguation)
• History of Ethiopia