Amhara

a former kingdom in e africa: now a province in nw ethiopia.
capital: gondar.
a member of an agricultural, amharic-speaking christian people of central ethiopia descended from semites who began conquering the land in the sixth century b.c.
historical examples

tigre and amhara const-tute one kingdom, and shoa another; they are all divided into a great number of smaller provinces.
alden’s handy atlas of the world john b. alden

he now became sovereign of tigre and amhara, the princ-p-l provinces of abyssinia.
our soldiers w.h.g. kingston

noun
a region of nw ethiopia: formerly a kingdom
an inhabitant of the former kingdom of amhara