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Addis Ababa

[ ahd-dis ah-buh-bah; English ad-is ab-uh-buh ]

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Ethiopia, in the central part.


Addis Ababa

/ ˈædɪs ˈæbəbə /

noun

  1. the capital of Ethiopia, on a central plateau 2400 m (8000 ft) above sea level: founded in 1887; became capital in 1896. Pop: 2 899 000 (2005 est)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Addis Ababa

  1. Capital of Ethiopia and largest city in the country, located in the central region.
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Dozens of bus passengers in Ethiopia have been abducted by armed men in the country's largest region, Oromia, as they were were travelling from the capital, Addis Ababa.

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Well-wishers crossed the border from Kenya and others travelled from as far as Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to witness the spectacle.

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Four months later another plane crashed minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.

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Ethiopia and Somalia have agreed to end their bitter dispute over Addis Ababa's plans to build a port in the breakaway republic of Somaliland following talks in Turkey.

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While not unprecedented, the scale and intensity of the current crackdown in Addis Ababa is significant, with hundreds reportedly detained in recent weeks.

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