also spelled Tigrai, or Tegray,Tegaru,Tigres
Tigray, Is a name of a Northern Region in Ethiopia and central part of Eritrea . The Tegaru people speak Tigrinya, a Semitic language related to Ge'ez.
The people of Tigray are
descendants of a Semitic people who intermixed with the Cushitic inhabitants of
the region and founded
the Christian kingdom of Axum.