it can be translated to 'dikala' & 'burned skin'

THE FOLLOWING ARE NAMES USED THROUGHOUT HISTORY TO DESCRIBE THE PEOPLE OF MODERN DAY ETHIOPIA AND a few OTHERS & origin of Habesha the word: Habex —- Habesh —- Abassia —- Abissinia — Abyssinia & Αἰθίοψ —- Aithiops —- Aethiopia —- Ethiopie — Ethiopia Habex : Meaning & Historical Significance The ancient ethiopians themselves if they called something to their land might have call it "land of free men" bëherä 'äg'azi. Those in Ethiopia who still followed a greek tradition imported from the north also used the term Ityopya. If we are to believe the european missionaries who went there by the 16th century the nobility called themselves "amharas", but there was no common name in use for the whole population of the ethiopian kingdom except for the arab name of "Habex" or "Abassia" which became (how?) the modern "Abissinia". Already in the early 17th century (Pedro Paez, Historia de Ethiopia) missionaries were blaming each other for corrupting the local name of the land from Habex / Habesh to Abissinia. #habex

Depends on the person using it. Some people use the term to talk about people I'm Ethiopia + Eritrea. Wikipedia might be too specific to represent people in northern part of the country.

Habesha:Different (yeteleye)

The outsiders saw people with diverse characteristics living in one country and called them habesha.

The outsiders saw people with diverse characteristics living in one country and called them habesha.

Big foreheads that distinguish you from the rest makes you habesha, so cut your hairline way back to join the community

The above People clearly have no clue about what there talking of. black gold, it means black gold.