The ever increasing growth of the mobile technology is giving birth to more powerful devicesrnlike smart phones which provide many of the functionalities of personal computers in addition tornmaking phone calls. As these devices are becoming more and more functional, they arernpenetrating swiftly into every society of the world. As a result, there is a need to design andrndevelop language specific applications that can help users interact with these devices through thernlanguage they understand. Electronic Dictionaries (EDs) are one example of such applicationsrnwhich can be used as an electronic reference resource containing a library of words and theirrnmeanings. As globalization is bringing the world into one, understanding several languages isrnvery crucial for smooth interaction and wide communication with others. Thus, severalrnMultilanguage dictionary applications with two or more languages are becoming integrated onrnhandheld devices like PDAs and smart phones to cope up with the globalization issue. Havingrnsuch Multilanguage dictionary application on mobile devices is very helpful as it makesrnlanguage learning easier and faster, can be accessed anytime and anywhere needed, no need ofrnextra device purchasing and the like.rnHowever, the currently available dictionary applications on these devices cover mostly thernwestern languages and no focus had been given to develop these applications for languages likernthe ones spoken in Ethiopia. In countries like Ethiopia, with various language sets, such arnMultilanguage dictionary is essential for ease of communication among citizens of the country asrnwell as other foreigners.rnThis report presents the first attempt for design and implementation of a Multilanguage ED forrnAmharic, English, Afaan Oromo and Tigrigna languages on handheld devices. The system hasrnbeen successfully developed and tested on an emulator of an Android based smart phones beforerndeploying it on the target device. The Android platform is chosen among other mobile platformsrnas it is designed to support different script types including Ethiopic scripts, and has a promisingrnfuture to be used on all handheld devices. Finally, the system has been tested on Android basedrnHTC Hero smart phone.rnKeywords: Electronic Dictionary, Multilingual Electronic Dictionary, Dictionary on Smartrnphone, Multilingual Dictionary for Ethiopian Languages