Relating to the Erythra, an ancient sea region (now the Red Sea); of or pertaining to ancient Eritrea or the Red Sea region.
From Greek Erythra, the ancient name for the Red Sea (from erythros 'red'). The adjective form developed to describe geographic and historical references to this classical antiquity region.
The Red Sea was called the Erythra by ancient Greeks not because of its color but because of red mountains and rocks along its shores—it was the ancient world's major trade highway that connected Egypt to India!
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