Gojjam (
Ge'ez ጎጃም
gōjjām, originally ጐዛም
gʷazzam, later ጐዣም
gʷažžām, ጎዣም
gōžžām) was a kingdom in the north-western part of
Ethiopia, with its capital city at
Debre Marqos. This region is distinctive for lying entirely within the bend of the
Abbay River from its outflow from
Lake Tana to the
Sudan. Gojjamis believe that they are the original people mentioned in the Bible as the river Guihon/Gihon (Nile) encircling the land of Cush extending to the ancient kingdom of
Meroe. At the fall of Meroe to the
Axumite King
Ezana (4th century AD). Gojjam (Guihon) became a kingdom and later joined the rest of the kingdom of Ethiopia having their own kingship up unto the coming of Menlike II of Shoa in the late 19th century who reduced it to a province. (Stigma By Prof. Muse Tegegne 1993 Geneva).