What is the meaning of Eritrea?
Eritrea. Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea is the Italian form of the Greek name Ἐρυθραίᾱ, meaning “red [land]”.
What do you call people from Eritrea?
In Eritrea the Tigrinya people are referred to as Biher-Tigrinya people or the “Kebessa” people, kebessa meaning Eritrean highlands.