Tigray
(tɪˈgraɪ)
Also † Teegray.
An alternative name for Tigrinya.
a 1860 W. C. Plowden Trav. Abyssinia (1868) i. 10 They call their language Teegray. 1939 [see Tigrinya]. 1954 Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 217 Tigray, an alternative name for Tigriña. |