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Addis Ababa
[ ahd-dis ah-buh-bah; English ad-is ab-uh-buh ]
noun
- a city in and the capital of Ethiopia, in the central part.
Addis Ababa
/ ˈædɪs ˈæbəbə /
noun
- 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)
Addis Ababa
- Capital of Ethiopia and largest city in the country, located in the central region.
Example Sentences
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.
Well-wishers crossed the border from Kenya and others travelled from as far as Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to witness the spectacle.
Four months later another plane crashed minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
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.
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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