# Eritrea

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌɛɹ.ɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/ · frequency rank #27,136

## Definitions
1. A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
2. A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
3. A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

## Easily confused with
- **Eritrean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eritrea-vs-eritrean)

## Common misspellings (9)
`eirtrea`, `erirtea`, `eritera`, `eritrae`, `eritrrea`, `erittrea`, `erritrea`, `ertirea`, `reitrea`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/eritrea