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Definition of Asmara
1. Noun. The capital of Eritrea.
Generic synonyms: National Capital
Group relationships: Eritrea, State Of Eritrea
Definition of Asmara
1. Proper noun. The capital of Eritrea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asmara
Literary usage of Asmara
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Edward Aloysius Pace (1922)
"A circulating library has been established and a young men's club at asmara, in
connection with which there are a gymnasium, dramatic society, music hall, ..."
2. My Mission to Abyssinia by Gerald Herbert Portal (1892)
"IT was a little after mid-day on the 19th of November when we marched out of
asmara in the track of our soldier guides. Our destination was uncertain, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"asmara, an Amharic word signifying " good pasture place," is a town of ...
asmara appears to have been one of the most prosperous of these villages, ..."
4. The Competitive geography by Robert Johnston (1877)
"On the N. is the gulf of asmara, with the small isles, Caprera and Magdalena;
and on the S., the gulf of Cagliari. Lead and silver mines are worked. ..."
5. Evil Days: Thirty Years of War and Famine in Ethiopia by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Alexander De Waal (1991)
"The impact of the army's requisitioning is conveyed in a letter from a civilian
in asmara: March 15th 1991 Dear [brother], asmara has become a living hell ..."
6. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1909)
"I. asmara: La Missione Svedese, 1903. 8°. One of 50 copies printed. Littmann (Enno).
... Vocabulario Italiano-Tigrai e Tigrai-Italiano. asmara: Missione ..."
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