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Falasha definition

Fa·la·sha (fə lä′s̸hə)

noun

a member of a people living chiefly in Ethiopia and practicing a form of the Jewish faith: also called Ethiopian Jew: the group calls itself Beta Israel, “the House of Israel”

Etymology: Eth, lit., immigrant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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