

In1920s-30s popular as a slang pun for \"I'll be seeing you.\" Related: Abyssinian.British dictionaryIn Arabic, the elevated plateau on the east of the Nile, from which most of the waters of that riverare derived, is called Habesh, and its people Habshi.

N.old name for Ethiopia, 1630s, from Modern Latin Abyssinia, from Arabic Habasah, the name for theregion, said to be from Amharic hbsh \"mixed,\" in reference to the different races dwelling there.
