Neighbor of Djibouti

• Achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993
• Nation since '93
• Coastal East African country
• Red Sea nation
• African state
• Independent African nation since 1993
• Country with a camel on its coat of arms
• Nation born May 24, 1993
• 1890-1941 Italian colony

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
named 1890 when it was an Italian colony, ultimately from Mare Erythreum , Roman name of the Red Sea, from Greek Erythre Thalassa , literally "Red Sea" (which to the Greeks also included the Gulf of Arabia and the Indian Ocean), from erythros "red" (see ...