Habasha

A person that is or is from East-Africa. These countries include Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Dijbouti but habashas are mostly known as Eritreans and Ethiopians.

"Hey Segen are you habasha? I heard someone in class call you habasha"

"Yea Im habasha I'm 100% Eritrean"

"Oh thats cool. How about your friend Shewit is she habasha too?"

"Yes she is ethiopian"

by Segen January 16, 2009

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 ?"

by Habesha12 May 3, 2019

hadasha

The hottest girl you will meet. She is smart talented and honest. She is loyal through and through. If you are lucky enough to be friends with her you have won the lottery

Hadasha is my best friend.

by Badbitchessss1 April 7, 2017

habusha

.usually an indcation for somone who is a pizza branch manager

"he must be a habusha, he gets money from that job"

by itaythegever December 30, 2020

Saher Habash

Uranium is a chemical element with symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-white metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons.

Mathew: What is this radioactivity i feel that is emitting on me?
Sahjin: It is a Saher Habash near us, be careful you might die.

by Nigerian_k1ng February 20, 2018

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?"

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))

by Ge'ez August 9, 2006