How did Ethiopia get its name?

The name Ethiopia also occurs in many translations of the Old Testament, but the Hebrew texts have Kush, which refers principally to Nubia. read more

Wikipedia gives a good account of the origin of the name Ethiopia : The Greek name Αἰθιοπία (from Αἰθίοψ, Aithiops, 'an Ethiopian') appears twice in the Iliad and three times in the Odyssey.The Greek historian Herodotus specifically uses it for all the lands south of Egypt, including Sudan and modern Ethiopia. read more

However, nearly half the population of the ethiopian people, oromo people are strogly disagree with the name "Ethiopia". This is partly because of they were origion of the ethiopian people; and are the majority in the country, therefore, should be named as Oromiyaa. read more