Habaesha 

A beautiful person identifying as a member of the Habesha (commonly Ethiopian and Eritrean) community.

Mix of the words Habesha + Bae

“wow he’s such a habaesha ... i hope we’re not related”

Habaesha by Habaesha AF June 9, 2019

HabeshaTakeover 

HabeshaTakeover is a term Ethiopians and Eritreans use to describe the accomplishment of an aim or purpose/the overcoming of an obstacle/a favorable desired outcome.

"Yesterday's game was lit, we won by 40 points. It definitely was a habeshatakeover ?"

HabeshaTakeover by Habesha12 May 3, 2019

habesha 

Habesha is a term Ethiopians and Eritreans use to refer to themselves. Habesha is a term of pride and used to eliminate the distinction between different tribes and celebrate unity as people of the same region.

For example : You ask "Are you habesha?" instead of "Are you Ethiopian/Eritrea?"

habesha by Haben August 4, 2004

habesha 

Habesha is a word used to refer to both Eritreans and Ethiopians, or, more specifically, to the Semitic-speaking inhabitants of those countries. The first inscription to refer to "Habesha" is a Sabaean South Arabian inscription ca. 200 AD referring to king GDRT of Aksum (an ancient Kingdom located in modern Ethiopia and Eritrea) as king of the city of Aksum and the "clans of Habesha." As Sabaic and Ge'ez (the ancient language and alphabet of Ethiopia, still used) it was unvocalized, it is written as "h.bs't" (put the dot under the h and the apostrophe on top of the s) and later as vocalized as h.abs'aat (put the dot under the h, apostrophe over the s, and make the two a's a long "a" - meaning an a with a line over it), which evolved into today's Habesha. The term was translated by the famous Christian King Ezana of Aksum in the mid 4th century as "Ethiopia" in Greek, which previously referred to Africa south of Egypt in general, or Nubia (in modern-day Sudan) in particular. The term is not, as commonly assumed, of Arabic origin, but of local Semitic origin. Spurious Arabic etymologies tend to connect the term with the meaning "mixed," on the false assumption that the peoples of the Horn of Africa are the product of African-Arab mixes.

The term was also used by the Turks as "Habesh" or "Habeshistan" to refer to their small territory taken from Ethiopia in 1557, comprising of the port cities of Massawa and Hergigo (Habeshistan also included Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, the capital of the province, Suwakin in Sudan, and Aden in Yemen).

Shamir of Dhu-Raydan and Himyar had called in the help of the clans of Habashat for war against the kings of Saba. (ancient Sabaic inscription)

Habesha nesh? (Amharic: Are you habesha? (to a female))

habesha by Ge'ez August 9, 2006

habesha women

amazing. smart. loving. loyal. beautiful. magnificent women.

i love habesha women.

habesha women by novapooks May 23, 2022

Habesha 

Eritrean or Ethiopian

100% Habeshaz in da room... (100% Eritreans or Ethiopians)

Habesha by Senait May 11, 2003

Habesha 

Habesha is a term that refers to people of Ethiopian and Eritrean heritage without discriminating against tribe/ethnicity, nationality, or citizenship. It is a pan-ethnic term that includes the various ethnic groups of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and the Ethiopian-Eritrean Diaspora who live abroad.

Are you Habesha? — Yes, Yes I am.
What’s your national origin or where is your family from? — I’m part Eritrean and part Ethiopian.
What ethnicity are you? — I’m Amhara, Gurage, Oromo, Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish), Welayta (Wolayta), Tigre, Tigray-Tigrinya (Tigrayan), Agew, Anuak, Kafficho, Kambaata, Kunama, Blien, Afar, Beja, Somali, Gamo, Dorze, Hadiya, or any of the other 80 or so Habesha/Ethiopian-Eritrean ethnic groups. I’m also Ethiopian- American, Eritrean-American, Ethiopian-German, Ethiopian-Canadian, Eritrean-Canadian Eritrean-Swiss, Eritrean-Swedish, Italian-Eritrean-Ethiopian, or any of the other Hyphenated Ethnicities of the Ethiopian-Eritrean (Habesha Community) Diaspora.
What’s your nationality or citizenship? — I’m American (United States), Canadian, Swedish National, Israeli, Germany Citizen, Ethiopian, Eritrean, or a person who is of Ethiopian or Eritrean heritage, ancestry, or national origin but is a citizen of any other country.

Habesha by Habesha Union September 8, 2020