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Definition of Addis Ababa

1. Noun. The capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia.

Definition of Addis Ababa

1. Proper noun. The capital of Ethiopia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Addis Ababa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"The Imperial Navy has a small headquarters In Addis Ababa with a naval base situated at ... Government secondary schools are found mainly In Addis Ababa, ..."

2. La Niäna and Its Impacts: Facts and Speculation by Michael H. Glantz (2002)
"Ethiopia: Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Mapping Authority, 1986: National Atlas of Ethiopia. ... Ethiopia: Addis Ababa. NMSA. November 1997: Early Warning Systems ..."

3. Cities Feeding People: An Examination of Urban Agriculture in East Africaby Axumite G. Egziabher by Axumite G. Egziabher (1994)
"Addis Ababa accounted for 30.2% 0.4 million people) of the total urban population in 1984. From 1970 to 1984, the major urban areas in Ethiopia, ..."

4. Famine in Ethiopia: Policy Implications of Coping Failure at National and by Patrick Webb, Joachim Von Braun, Yisehac Yohannes (1992)
"Addis Ababa. . Various years. Statistical abstracts of Ethiopia. ... Addis Ababa: Ministry of Agriculture and Resettlement, Statistics Section, Planning and ..."

5. Market Institutions, Transaction Costs, and Social Capital in the Ethiopian by Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin (2001)
"The principal destination of grain from these markets is Addis Ababa, located 175 and 200 kilometers away, respectively. Other destinations include Nazareth ..."

6. Employment for Poverty Reduction and Food Security by Joachim Von Braun (1995)
"Addis Ababa: Institute of Development Research, Addis Ababa University. ... Report to EEC by Environmental Resources Limited, Addis Ababa. ..."

7. Lost Crops of Africa: Grains edited by F. R. Ruskin (1999)
"The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University. PO Box 3434. Addis Ababa. ... Institute of Agricultural Research. PO Box 2003. Addis Ababa. ..."

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