Abyssinia is a historical name for the Ethiopian Empire.

Abyssinia may also refer to:

Arts and media

  • Abyssinia, a theatrical show by Bert Williams
  • Abyssinia (1987 musical), a show first staged in 1987
  • Abyssinia (1906 musical), 1906 Broadway musical by Will Marion Cook, Bert Williams, Jesse A. Shipp, and Alex Rogers
  • "Abyssinia", a song by the Patti Smith Group on Radio Ethiopia
  • Abyssinia, a 2003 novel by Ursula Dubosarsky
  • "Abyssinia, Henry", an episode of the television series M*A*S*H

Places

  • Abyssinia Lines, a neighbourhood of Jamshed Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Apostolic Vicariate of Abyssinia, the former Eastern Catholic missionary

Vessels

  • HMS Abyssinia (1870), a British armoured ship
  • SS Abyssinia, an 1870 Canadian Pacific steamship

Other uses

  • Abyssinian languages, family of languages spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Sudan
  • Abyssinian peoples, ethnic or pan-ethnic identifier used to refer to Ethiopians and Eritreans
  • Abyssinia (battle honour)
  • Abyssinia Creek, The Pilbara, Western Australia

See also

  • Abyssinian (disambiguation)
  • Habash (disambiguation)
  • Habishi (disambiguation)
  • History of Ethiopia