Africa vs Abyssinia

Africa and Abyssinia both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Africa	Yes	No	No	No
Abyssinia	Yes	No	No	No

Africa (noun)	Abyssinia (noun)
the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean	Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia