ADWA

Meaning of ADWA in English

Pronunciation: ' äd-( ˌ )wä

Function: geographical name

town N Ethiopia S of Asmara pop 17,476

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ADWA — geographical name town N Ethiopia S of Asmara population 17,476
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ADWA — geographical name town N Ethiopia S of Asmara population 17,476
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ADWA — also spelled Adowa, Italian Adua, town, northern Ethiopia. Adwa lies on the east-west highway between Aksum and Adi Grat at …
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ADWA, BATTLE OF — or Battle of Adowa (March 1, 1896) Military clash at Adwa, in north-central Ethiopia, between the Ethiopian army of King …
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ADWA, BATTLE OF — Adwa also spelled Adowa, Italian Adua (March 1, 1896), military clash at Adwa, in north-central Ethiopia, between the Ethiopian army …
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ADWA, BATTLE OF — or Battle of Adowa (March 1, 1896) Military clash at Adwa, in north-central Ethiopia, between the Ethiopian army of King …
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MENILEK II — orig. Sahle Miriam born Aug. 17, 1844, Ankober, Shewa, Eth. died Dec. 12, 1913, Addis Ababa King of the semi-independent …
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CRISPI, FRANCESCO — born Oct. 4, 1819, Ribera, Sicily died Aug. 12, 1901, Naples Italian politician. Exiled from Sicily for his revolutionary activities, …
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BATTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of …
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WICHALE, TREATY OF — Wichale also spelled Ucciali (May 2, 1889), pact signed at Wichale, Ethiopia, by the Italians and Menilek II of Ethiopia, …
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VISCONTI-VENOSTA, EMILIO, MARCHESE — (Marquess) born Jan. 22, 1829, Milan [now in Italy] died Nov. 24, 1914, Rome Italian statesman whose political-diplomatic career of …
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UMBERTO I — born March 14, 1844, Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia [now in Italy] died July 29, 1900, Monza, Italy duke of …
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TIGRAY — also spelled Tigrai, or Tegray, people of central Eritrea and of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The Tigray speak …
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SONNINO, SIDNEY, BARONE — (Baron) born March 11, 1847, Pisa [now in Italy] died Nov. 24, 1922, Rome Italian statesman who as foreign minister …
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RUPPELL, (WILHELM PETER) EDUARD (SIMON) — born Nov. 20, 1794, Frankfurt am Main died Dec. 10, 1884, Frankfurt am Main German naturalist and explorer of northeastern …
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RUDIN, ANTONIO STARABBA, MARCHESE DI (MARQUESS OF) — born April 16, 1839, Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies [now in Italy] died Aug. 7, 1908, Rome, Italy …
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OGADEN — arid region of eastern Ethiopia. It occupies the barren plain between the Somalia-Ethiopia border and the Ethiopian Eastern Highlands (on …
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MIKAEL SEHUL — born c. 1692 died 1784, Adwa, Eth. nobleman who ruled Ethiopia for a period of 25 years as regent of …
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ETHIOPIANISM — religious movement among sub-Saharan Africans that embodied the earliest stirrings toward religious and political freedom in the modern colonial period. …
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ETHIOPIA — Amharic Ityop'iya landlocked country of eastern Africa, situated on the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia is bordered on the north by …
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ERITREA, FLAG OF — national flag consisting of triangles of green, red, and blue and a yellow emblem off-centre toward the hoist. The flag's …
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CRISPI, FRANCESCO — born Oct. 4, 1819, Ribera, Sicily died Aug. 12, 1901, Naples Italian statesman who, after being exiled from Naples and …
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BARATIERI, ORESTE — born Nov. 13, 1841, Condino, Lombardy, Austrian Empire [now in Italy] died Aug. 7, 1901, Sterzing, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary [now Vipiteno, …
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AKSUM — also spelled Axum, ancient town in northern Ethiopia. It lies at an elevation of about 7,000 feet (2,100 m), just …
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MENILEK — orig. Sahle Miriam born Aug. 17, 1844, Ankober, Shewa, Eth. died Dec. 12, 1913, Addis Ababa King of the semi-independent …
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CRISPI, FRANCESCO — born Oct. 4, 1819, Ribera, Sicily died Aug. 12, 1901, Naples Italian politician. Exiled from Sicily for his revolutionary activities, …
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BATTLE — n. Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of Adowa Aegospotami Battle of Agincourt …
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