Eritrea

/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/

/ˌɪɹɪˈtɹ(e)ɪə/

/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹi.ə/

/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪə/

/ˌɪɹɪˈtɹeɪə/

Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.

(historical) A former province of or in union with Ethiopia.


Addis Ababa

/ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə/

From Amharic አዲስ አበባ (ʾädis ʾäbäba, “new flower”).


Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa (the capital city of Ethiopia)


Afar

Afar (nominative singular)
Afaru (genitive singular)
Afarowi (dative singular)
Afar (accusative singular)
Afarem (instrumental singular)
Afarze (locative singular)
Afarze (singular vocative)


Nile (a major river in Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi)


de-proper noun

der Nil m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Nil or des Nils)

der Nil (canonical masculine)
des Nil (definite genitive)
des Nils (definite genitive)

Nile (a major river in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt, emptying into the Mediterranean)


Nilu (genitive singular)
Nilowi (dative singular)
Nilem (instrumental singular)
Nilu (locative singular)
Nilu (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin Nilus, from Ancient Greek Νεῖλος (Neîlos).

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Nile (a major river flowing through Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi; one of the two longest rivers in the world, along with the Amazon)


Adis Abeba

Addis Ababa (the capital and largest city of Ethiopia)


Adis Abeba

sh-proper noun

Adis Abeba f (Cyrillic spelling Адис Абеба)


Адис Абеба

mk-proper noun

Адис Абеба • (Adis Abeba) m (relational adjective адисабепски)

Adis Abeba (romanization)
адисабепски (adjective relational)


Адис Абеба

sh-proper noun

Адис Абеба f (Latin spelling Adis Abeba)


Addis Abeba

Addis Ababa, Addis Abeba (the capital city of Ethiopia)


Addis Abeba

cs-proper noun

Addis Abeba f (related adjective addisabebský)

addisabebský (adjective)
Addis Abeba (nominative singular)
Addis Abeby (genitive singular)
Addis Abebě (dative singular)
Addis Abebu (accusative singular)
Addis Abebo (singular vocative)
Addis Abebě (locative singular)
Addis Abebou (instrumental singular)


Addis Abeba

Addis Abeba (nominative singular)
Addis Abeba (accusative nominative singular)
Addis Abeban (accusative genitive singular)
Addis Abeban (genitive singular)
Addis Abebaa (partitive singular)
Addis Abebassa (inessive singular)
Addis Abebasta (elative singular)
Addis Abebaan (illative singular)
Addis Abeballa (adessive singular)
Addis Abebalta (ablative singular)
Addis Abeballe (allative singular)
Addis Abebana (essive singular)
Addis Abebaksi (singular translative)
Addis Abebatta (abessive singular)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
Addis Abebani (nominative singular)
Addis Abebani (accusative nominative singular)
Addis Abebani (accusative genitive singular)
Addis Abebani (genitive singular)
Addis Abebaani (partitive singular)
Addis Abebassani (inessive singular)
Addis Abebastani (elative singular)
Addis Abebaani (illative singular)
Addis Abeballani (adessive singular)
Addis Abebaltani (ablative singular)
Addis Abeballeni (allative singular)
Addis Abebanani (essive singular)
Addis Abebakseni (singular translative)
Addis Abebattani (abessive singular)
Addis Abebasi (nominative singular)
Addis Abebasi (accusative nominative singular)
Addis Abebasi (accusative genitive singular)
Addis Abebasi (genitive singular)
Addis Abebaasi (partitive singular)
Addis Abebassasi (inessive singular)
Addis Abebastasi (elative singular)
Addis Abebaasi (illative singular)
Addis Abeballasi (adessive singular)
Addis Abebaltasi (ablative singular)
Addis Abeballesi (allative singular)
Addis Abebanasi (essive singular)
Addis Abebaksesi (singular translative)
Addis Abebattasi (abessive singular)
Addis Abebamme (nominative singular)
Addis Abebamme (accusative nominative singular)
Addis Abebamme (accusative genitive singular)
Addis Abebamme (genitive singular)
Addis Abebaamme (partitive singular)
Addis Abebassamme (inessive singular)
Addis Abebastamme (elative singular)
Addis Abebaamme (illative singular)
Addis Abeballamme (adessive singular)
Addis Abebaltamme (ablative singular)
Addis Abeballemme (allative singular)
Addis Abebanamme (essive singular)
Addis Abebaksemme (singular translative)
Addis Abebattamme (abessive singular)
Addis Abebanne (nominative singular)
Addis Abebanne (accusative nominative singular)
Addis Abebanne (accusative genitive singular)
Addis Abebanne (genitive singular)
Addis Abebaanne (partitive singular)
Addis Abebassanne (inessive singular)
Addis Abebastanne (elative singular)
Addis Abebaanne (illative singular)
Addis Abeballanne (adessive singular)
Addis Abebaltanne (ablative singular)
Addis Abeballenne (allative singular)
Addis Abebananne (essive singular)
Addis Abebaksenne (singular translative)
Addis Abebattanne (abessive singular)
Addis Abebansa (nominative singular)
Addis Abebansa (accusative nominative singular)
Addis Abebansa (accusative genitive singular)
Addis Abebansa (genitive singular)
Addis Abebaansa (partitive singular)
Addis Abebassaan (inessive singular)
Addis Abebassansa (inessive singular)
Addis Abebastaan (elative singular)
Addis Abebastansa (elative singular)
Addis Abebaansa (illative singular)
Addis Abeballaan (adessive singular)
Addis Abeballansa (adessive singular)
Addis Abebaltaan (ablative singular)
Addis Abebaltansa (ablative singular)
Addis Abeballeen (allative singular)
Addis Abeballensa (allative singular)
Addis Abebanaan (essive singular)
Addis Abebanansa (essive singular)
Addis Abebakseen (singular translative)
Addis Abebaksensa (singular translative)
Addis Abebattaan (abessive singular)
Addis Abebattansa (abessive singular)


Addis Abeba

Addis Abeba (nominative singular)
Addis Abeby (genitive singular)
Addis Abebie (dative singular)
Addis Abebę (accusative singular)
Addis Abebą (instrumental singular)
Addis Abebie (locative singular)
Addis Abebo (singular vocative)

Borrowed from Amharic አዲስ አበባ (ʾädis ʾäbäba).


Ադիս Աբեբա

Adis Abeba (romanization)
Ադիս Աբեբա (nominative singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայի (dative singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայից (ablative singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայով (instrumental singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայում (locative singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբան (definite nominative singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբային (dative definite singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբաս (first-person nominative possessive singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայիս (dative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայումս (first-person locative possessive singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբադ (nominative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայիդ (dative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular singular-only)
Ադիս Աբեբայումդ (locative possessive second-person singular singular-only)

hy-decl-noun-unc

Ադիս Աբեբաներ

Ադիս Աբեբաները/Ադիս Աբեբաներն

Ադիս Աբեբայի

Ադիս Աբեբային

Ադիս Աբեբաների

Ադիս Աբեբաներին

Ադիս Աբեբայից

Ադիս Աբեբաներից

Ադիս Աբեբայով

Ադիս Աբեբաներով

Ադիս Աբեբայում

Ադիս Աբեբաներում

Ադիս Աբեբաներս

Ադիս Աբեբայիս

Ադիս Աբեբաներիս

Ադիս Աբեբայիցս

Ադիս Աբեբաներիցս

Ադիս Աբեբայովս

Ադիս Աբեբաներովս

Ադիս Աբեբայումս

Ադիս Աբեբաներումս

Ադիս Աբեբաներդ

Ադիս Աբեբայիդ

Ադիս Աբեբաներիդ

Ադիս Աբեբայիցդ

Ադիս Աբեբաներիցդ

Ադիս Աբեբայովդ

Ադիս Աբեբաներովդ

Ադիս Աբեբայումդ

Ադիս Աբեբաներումդ

Ա‧դիս‧Ա‧բե‧բա

hy:Ադիս Աբեբա


Αντίς Αμπέμπα

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Αντίς Αμπέμπα • (Antís Ampémpa) f


Аддис-Абеба

ru-proper noun+

Адди́с-Абе́ба

Адди́с-Абе́ба • (Addís-Abéba) f inan (genitive Адди́с-Абе́бы)

Адди́с-Абе́ба (canonical)
Addís-Abéba (romanization)
Адди́с-Абе́бы (genitive)
Адди́с-Абе́ба (nominative singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бы (genitive singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бе (dative singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бу (accusative singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бой (instrumental singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бою (instrumental singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бе (prepositional singular)

ru:Аддис-Абеба


Аддис-Абеба

uk-proper noun

Адди́с-Абе́ба<sg>

адди́с-абе́бський

Адди́с-Абе́ба • (Addýs-Abéba) f inan (genitive Адди́с-Абе́би, uncountable, relational adjective адди́с-абе́бський)

Адди́с-Абе́ба (canonical)
Addýs-Abéba (romanization)
Адди́с-Абе́би (genitive)
адди́с-абе́бський (adjective relational)
Адди́с-Абе́ба (nominative singular)
Адди́с-Абе́би (genitive singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бі (dative singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бу (accusative singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бою (instrumental singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бі (locative singular)
Адди́с-Абе́бо (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

Адди́с-Абе́ба<sg>

[ɐˈdːɪs ɐˈbɛbɐ]

Addis Ababa (the capital city of Ethiopia, Africa)


Juba

Alternative form of Jubba, a river in Ethiopia and Somalia.


آدیس آبابا

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آدیس آبابا • (âdis âbâbâ)

[ʔɑː.ðiːs ʔɑː.βɑː.βɑː]

[ʔɑː.d̪iːs ʔɑː.bɑː.bɑː]

[ʔɑː.d̪iːs ʔɑː.bɑː.bɑː]

[ʔɑː.d̪iːs ʔɑː.bɑː.bɑː]

[ʔɔː.d̪is ʔɔː.bɔː.bɔː]

[ʔɒː.d̪iːs ʔɒː.bɒː.bɒː]

fa:آدیس آبابا


Blue Nile

Coordinate term: White Nile

A river originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and flows into the Nile at Khartoum in Sudan; one of the two major tributaries of the Nile.

اَلنِّيل الْأَزْرَق

One of the two main tributaries of the River Nile


亞的斯亞貝巴

ㄧㄚˋ ㄉㄧˊ ㄙ ㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄟˋ ㄅㄚ

/jä⁵¹ ti³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/

/jä⁵¹ ti³⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ jä⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹ pä⁵⁵/

(Mainland China) Addis Ababa (a city, the capital city of Ethiopia)


Stadisis

la-proper noun

Stadisis f sg (genitive Stadisis); third declension

Stadisis (genitive)
Stadisis (nominative singular)
Stadisis (genitive singular)
Stadisī (dative singular)
Stadisem (accusative singular)
Stadise (ablative singular)
Stadisis (singular vocative)
Stadisī (locative singular)
Stadise (locative singular)

[ˈs̠t̪äd̪ɪs̠ɪs̠]


Ogaden

Borrowed from Somali Ogaadeen, from the clan of the same name, a subsection of the Somali Darod, which inhabit part of the region. Documented folk etymologies include Ogad, the name of a founding father, meaning clever or quick-witted, and a combination of the Harari word ūga (“road”) and Aden, a city in Yemen, supposedly connected to Harar by an ancient caravan route passing through the region.


Ogaden

Ogaden (nominative singular)
Ogadeny (nominative plural)
Ogadenu (genitive singular)
Ogadenów (genitive plural)
Ogadenowi (dative singular)
Ogadenom (dative plural)
Ogaden (accusative singular)
Ogadeny (accusative plural)
Ogadenem (instrumental singular)
Ogadenami (instrumental plural)
Ogadenie (locative singular)
Ogadenach (locative plural)
Ogadenie (singular vocative)
Ogadeny (plural vocative)


Chuahit

The borehole of Chuahit, located 3 km SE of Chuahit town revealed the existence of 3 m thick clay layers within the basalt.

2017, Krystyna Stave, Goraw Goshu, Shimelis Aynalem, Social and Ecological System Dynamics, →ISBN:


אדיס אבבה

he-proper noun

אָדִיס אָבֶּבָּה

אָדִיס אָבֶּבָּה • (adis abeba)

אָדִיס אָבֶּבָּה (canonical)
adis abeba (romanization)


Lalibela

A town in Ethiopia, in the North Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region.


Aksum

A town in La'ilay Maychew district, Maekelay, Tigray, Ethiopia: The site of the historic capital of the Aksumite Empire, now a tourist town in Ethiopia.


አዲስ አበባ

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አዲስ አበባ • (ʾädis ʾäbäba)


Amhara

Spokespeople for the Ethiopian government, the army and Amhara's regional administration did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The government has not publicly commented on allegations its forces have committed abuses in Amhara.

2023 October 30, Dawit Endeshaw, “Conflict in Ethiopia's Amhara kills dozens, rights body says”, in Reuters:

Ellipsis of Amhara Region; a state of Ethiopia. Seat: Bahir Dar


Tigray

Ellipsis of Tigray Region.; A region of Ethiopia; the northernmost region of Ethiopia.

Tigray Region

(historical) Ellipsis of Tigray Province.; A province of Ethiopia; predecessor to the Tigray Region in the Ethiopian Empire


Mega

en-proper-noun

Mega (countable and uncountable, plural Megas)

A placename
A town in Dire, Borena, Ormia, Ethiopia


Adis-Abebo

Derived from Amharic አዲስ አበባ (ʾädis ʾäbäba, “new flower”).


ሀይቅ

hayḳ (romanization)
ሀይቅ (indefinite masculine)
ሀይቁ (definite masculine nominative)
ሀይቁን (accusative definite masculine)
ሀይቅን (accusative masculine)
ሀይቄ (first-person possessive singular)
ሀይቃችን (first-person plural possessive)
ሀይቅህ (masculine possessive second-person singular)
ሀይቃችሁ (masculine plural possessive second-person)
ሀይቅዎ (formal masculine possessive second-person)
ሀይቅሽ (feminine possessive second-person singular)
ሀይቃችሁ (feminine plural possessive second-person)
ሀይቅዎ (feminine formal possessive second-person)
ሀይቁ (masculine possessive singular third-person)
ሀይቃቸው (formal masculine possessive third-person)
ሀይቃቸው (masculine plural possessive third-person)
ሀይቇ (feminine possessive singular third-person)
ሀይቃቸው (feminine formal possessive third-person)
ሀይቃቸው (feminine plural possessive third-person)


sidaama

sidaama (predicative)
sidaamu (nominative without-modifier)
sidaami (nominative with-modifier)
sidaamu^(*)) (genitive without-modifier)
sidaami^(*)) (genitive with-modifier)
sidaamaho (dative without-modifier)
sidaamira (dative with-modifier)
sidaama^(*)) (accusative)
sidaamunni (ablative without-modifier)
sidaaminni (ablative with-modifier)


Dolo

A border town in south-eastern Ethiopia, close to Somalia.


Addisz-Abeba

Addisz-Abeba (nominative singular)
Addisz-Abebát (accusative singular)
Addisz-Abebának (dative singular)
Addisz-Abebával (instrumental singular)
Addisz-Abebáért (causal-final singular)
Addisz-Abebává (singular translative)
Addisz-Abebáig (singular terminative)
Addisz-Abebaként (essive-formal singular)
Addisz-Abebában (inessive singular)
Addisz-Abebán (singular superessive)
Addisz-Abebánál (adessive singular)
Addisz-Abebába (illative singular)
Addisz-Abebára (singular sublative)
Addisz-Abebához (allative singular)
Addisz-Abebából (elative singular)
Addisz-Abebáról (delative singular)
Addisz-Abebától (ablative singular)
Addisz-Abebáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Addisz-Abebáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
Addisz-Abebám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
Addisz-Abebád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
Addisz-Abebája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
Addisz-Abebánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
Addisz-Abebátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
Addisz-Abebájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)

[ˈɒdːis ˌɒbɛbɒ]

Addis Ababa (the capital city of Ethiopia)


Awash

A river in Ethiopia, after which the town is named.


Tselemt

From Amharic ጠለምት (ṭälämt) (modern spelling), Amharic ጸለምት (ṣälämt) (old spelling).


Tessata

la-proper noun

Tessata f sg (genitive Tessatae); first declension

Tessatae (genitive)
Tessata (nominative singular)
Tessatae (genitive singular)
Tessatae (dative singular)
Tessatam (accusative singular)
Tessatā (ablative singular)
Tessata (singular vocative)

[ˈt̪ɛs̠ːät̪ä]

[ˈt̪ɛsːät̪ä]


أديس أبابا

ar-proper noun

أَدِيس أَبَابَا

أَدِيس أَبَابَا • (ʔadīs ʔabābā) f

أَدِيس أَبَابَا (canonical)
ʔadīs ʔabābā (romanization)

ar:أديس أبابا


ጣና

ጣና ለዓለም ሥነ-ምኅዳራዊ ብዝሃነት ያስፈልጋሉ ከተባሉ 250 ሐይቆች መካከል አንዱ ሆኖ ተመርጧል። በውስጡ 28 የዓሳ ዝርያዎችን የያዘ ሲሆን ከእነዚህ መካከልም 21 ያህሉ በሌላ ቦታ አይገኙም።

2017, “ጣና ሐይቅ የተጋረጡበት ፈተናዎች”, in BBC:

Tana has been selected as one of the 250 lakes in need of global ecological diversity. It contains 28 species of fish, 21 of which are found nowhere else.

ṭana läʿaläm śənä-məḫdarawi bəzhanät yasfälgalu kätäbalu 250 ḥäyḳoč mäkakäl ʾändu hono tämärṭʷal. bäwsəṭu 28 yäʿasa zəryawočn yäyazä sihon käʾnäzih mäkakälm 21 yahlu bälela bota ʾäygäñum.


Summara

la-proper noun

Summara f sg (genitive Summarae); first declension

Summarae (genitive)
Summara (nominative singular)
Summarae (genitive singular)
Summarae (dative singular)
Summaram (accusative singular)
Summarā (ablative singular)
Summara (singular vocative)
Summarae (locative singular)


Navectabe

Navectabē f sg (genitive Navectabēs); first declension

Navectabē (canonical feminine singular)
Navectabēs (genitive)
Navectabē (nominative singular)
Navectabēs (genitive singular)
Navectabae (dative singular)
Navectabēn (accusative singular)
Navectabē (ablative singular)
Navectabē (singular vocative)
Navectabae (locative singular)


Shashamane

A city in Ethiopia, known for its large Rastafarian community.


Ogadén

[o.ɣ̞aˈð̞ẽn]

Pese a la derrota somalí en el Ogadén, el ejército etíope hallará dificultad en pacificar la región;[…]

1988, Juan F. Benemelis, Castro, subversión y terrorismo en Africa, →ISBN, page 433:

Despite Somali defeat in the Ogaden, the Ethiopian army will find difficulties in pacifying the region; […]

[…]que organizó una invasión a gran escala del pedregoso desierto del Ogadén, a fin de crear la Gran Somalia.

2014, Francisco Veiga Rodríguez, Leyla Hamad Zahonero, Ignacio Gutiérrez de Terán, Yemen. La clave olvidada del mundo árabe, →ISBN, page 108:

[…] who organized a great-scale invasion of the rocky Ogaden desert, in order to create Greater Somalia.

Somalia sufrió una derrota estrepitosa en la Guerra de Ogadén en marzo de 1978 al enfrentar a la artillería y apoyo aéreo cubano, y cuatro días después anunció su retirada.

2019, Ma. de Lourdes González Prieto, Norma Ada Segura Landa, La crisis de Somalia, la seguridad regional en África y la seguridad internacional, →ISBN, page 1947:

Somalia suffered a resounding defeat in the Ogaden War in March 1978 when facing Cuban artillery and air support, and four days later it announced its withdrawal.


Gondar

/ˈɡɑːn.dɑː(ɹ)/

This paper examines the phonological, grammatical and lexical variations between the dialects of Addis Ababa and Gondar.

1998 May 11, Emanuela Trevisan Semi, Tudor Parfitt, The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel: Studies on the Ethiopian Jews, →ISBN, page 258:

One consequence of this greater stability was the construction of a series of impressive lime-mortared stone buildings in some of the short- lived capitals and at Gondar itself.

2004 July 19, Graham Connor, Forgotten Africa: An Introduction to Its Archaeology, →ISBN, page 80:

While waiting at immigration, Clark meets a Dutch couple with similar problems and invites them to visit us in Gondar.

2011 March 18, Barbara W. Olson, Gondar, Ethiopia: 1971-1975 Guests in the Ethiopian Highlands and Children of Zemecha, →ISBN, page 107:


Wolaita

A region of Ethiopia; the southern region of Ethiopia.


báako

Jinka (the capital of South Omo Zone, Ethiopia)