NOUN
- the capital of Ethiopia and the country's largest city; located in central Ethiopia
How To Use Addis Ababa In A Sentence
- Our prime minister tells us that the return of the obelisk is a Tigrian affair, not the business of us southern people," says Alemayehu, an ethnic Oromo who works for a non-governmental organization that helps the rural poor outside the capital, Addis Ababa. Special Report: The Axum Obelisk Returns, but Some Still Grumble
- Madaxweynaha iyo waftigiisa ayaa la filayaa in maalmaha soo socda kulamo la yeeshan diplomasiyiinta wadamada reer galbeedka ah ee ku sugan Addis Ababa, sarakiisha midowga africa iyo qaar ka tirsan hayádaha samafalka caalimiga ee saldhiga ku leh Ethiopia. [unknown placeholder $my.siteName$]
- And I tasted gyros in Cyprus, kimchi in Pyongyang, and injera in Addis Ababa.
- In Addis Ababa I came across horseriders playing polo, their lives apparently unaffected by war or famine.
- And I tasted gyros in Cyprus, kimchi in Pyongyang, and injera in Addis Ababa.
- UNESCO, in its report of the meeting of the Economic Commission for Africa held in Addis Ababa in May 1996, pointed out that technological innovations "have combined with changes facing global and national telecommunication regimes to present a clear window of opportunity for appropriate" leapfrog "strategies to accelerate the development of the continent". ANC Daily News Briefing
- Delegations from north and south Sudan are set to hold crucial meetings in Addis Ababa on Monday in an attempt to break a deadlock over the oil-rich Abyei region. North, South Sudanese Leaders to Hold Crucial Talks in Ethiopia
- Last week I was talking to a man at the bar of the Hilton hotel at Addis Ababa.
- Abera is now a worthy successor to his great predecessor, whose premature death in 1973 is marked by a monumental tomb in Addis Ababa.
- As foreign minister, Hailemariam will replace Seyoum Mesfin, who with Mr. Meles was at the forefront of the Tigrayan rebel movement that overthrew dictator Mengistu Hailemariam and came to power in Addis Ababa in 1991. Ethiopia's PM Restructures Government