AMHARA  , the central See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town, See also:

• GONDAR

Gondar (q.v.), by which name the province is also known, was the See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

• NEGUS

negus negusti, or See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, of Abyssinia from the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages up to 1854 . The speech of the inhabitants, Amharic, which differs in several features from the dialects spoken in See also:

• TIGRE

Tigre and See also:

• SHOA

Shoa, is the See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language of Abyssinia .