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Beta Israel
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English
Etymology
From Ge'ez ቤተ እስራኤል (betä ʾəsraʾel, “Israelites”, literally “House of Israel”).
Proper noun
Beta Israel
- A Jewish diaspora group that lived for thousands of years in the territory of the Kingdom of Aksum and its successor the Ethiopian Empire; they mostly emigrated to the State of Israel after its foundation in 1948.
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Further reading
Beta Israel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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