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Abyssinia is a historical name for the Ethiopian Empire.
Abyssinia may also refer to:
Arts and media
edit- Abyssinia, a theatrical show by Bert Williams
- Abyssinia (1987 musical), a show first staged in 1987
- Abyssinia (1906 musical), 1906 Broadway musical by Will Marion Cook, Bert Williams, Jesse A. Shipp, and Alex Rogers
- "Abyssinia", a song by the Patti Smith Group on Radio Ethiopia
- Abyssinia, a 2003 novel by Ursula Dubosarsky
- "Abyssinia, Henry", an episode of the television series M*A*S*H
Places
edit- Abyssinia Lines, a neighbourhood of Jamshed Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
- Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia, the former Eastern Catholic missionary
Vessels
edit- HMS Abyssinia (1870), a British armoured ship
- SS Abyssinia, an 1870 Canadian Pacific steamship
Other uses
edit- Abyssinian languages, family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan
- Abyssinian peoples, ethnic or pan-ethnic identifier used to refer to Ethiopians and Eritreans
- Abyssinia (battle honour)
- Abyssinia Creek, The Pilbara, Western Australia