ABYSSINIA

Parting word, in '30s slang

• Ethiopia, formerly

• Ethiopia, in old atlases

• Ethiopia, once

• Home of a certain cat breed

• Land invaded by Italy, 1935

• Old name of an African country

• Slangy parting word, once

• Whence some cats

• Where some cats came from

• Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea

• Formerly called Abyssinia