Where did the word Habesha come from?
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The term "Habesha" was formerly thought by some scholars to be of Arabic descent because the English name Abyssinia comes from the Arabic form. (Arabs used the word ?aba?, also the name of an Ottoman province, Habesh Eyalet, comprising parts of modern-day Eritrea).
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The term "Habesha" was formerly thought by some scholars to be of Arabic descent because the English name Abyssinia comes from the Arabic form. (Arabs used the word ?aba?, also the name of an Ottoman province, Habesh Eyalet, comprising parts of modern-day Eritrea).