Addis Ababa

English

aerial view of Addis Ababa

Alternative forms

• Addis Abeba

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Addis Ababa

2. The capital city of Ethiopia.

Synonyms

• (nicknames): City of Humans, Adisaba, Sheger, Adu, Adu Genet

Translations

capital of Ethiopia

• Afrikaans: Addis Abeba
• Amharic: አዲስ አበባ (ʾädis ʾäbäba)
• Arabic: أَدِيس أَبَابَا (ar) f (ʔadīs ʔabābā)
• Armenian: Ադիս Աբեբա (hy) (Adis Abeba)
• Azerbaijani: Əddis-Əbəbə
• Basque: Addis Abeba
• Belarusian: Ады́с-Абе́ба (Adýs-Abjéba)
• Bengali: আদ্দিস আবাবা (addiś ababa)
• Bulgarian: Адѝс А̀беба (Adìs Àbeba)
• Burmese: အာဒစ် အာဘာဘာ (adac abhabha)
• Catalan: Addis Abeba
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿的斯阿貝巴 / 阿的斯阿贝巴 (aa³ dik¹ si¹ aa³ bui³ baa¹)

  Mandarin: 亞的斯亞貝巴 / 亚的斯亚贝巴 (zh) (Yàdìsīyàbèibā)

• Czech: Addis Abeba (cs) f
• Danish: Addis Ababa
• Dinka: Addis Ababa
• Dutch: Addis Abeba (nl) n
• Esperanto: Adisabebo
• Estonian: Addis Ababa (et)
• Farefare: Adis-ababa, Mõ-pʋʋgɔ-paalɛ
• Finnish: Addis Abeba (fi)
• French: Addis-Abeba (fr), Addis-Ababa
• Galician: Adís Abeba
• Georgian: ადის-აბება (adis-abeba)
• German: Addis Abeba (de)
• Greek: Αντίς Αμπέμπα (el) f (Antís Ampémpa)
• Hebrew: אָדִיס אָבֶּבָּה (adis ababa)
• Hindi: अदीस अबाबा (adīs abābā)
• Hungarian: Addisz-Abeba (hu)
• Italian: Addis Abeba (it)
• Japanese: アジスアベバ (ja) (Ajisuabeba)
• Kabiyé: Adisi-Abeba
• Kannada: ಅಡಿಸ್ ಅಬಾಬ (kn) (aḍis abāba)
• Kazakh: Аддис-Абеба (Addis-Abeba)
• Khmer: អាឌីសអាបេបា (km) (ʼaadiih ʼaabeebaa)
• Kongo: Adis Abeba
• Korean: 아디스아바바 (Adiseuababa)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەدیس ئەبابا (edîs ebaba)

  Northern Kurdish: Adîs Abeba

• Kyrgyz: Аддис-Абеба (Addis-Abeba)
• Latin: Neanthopolis f
• Latvian: Adisabeba
• Lithuanian: Adis Abeba
• Macedonian: Адис Абеба (Adis Abeba)
• Malayalam: അഡിസ് അബെബ (aḍis abeba)
• Maltese: Addis Ababa f
• Marathi: अदिस अबाबा (adis abābā)
• Moksha: Адыс-Абэба (Adis-Abeba)
• Mongolian: Аддис Абеба (Addis Abeba)
• Navajo: Ádis Áwewah
• Oromo: Finfinnee
• Ossetian: Аддис-Абебӕ (Addis-Abebæ)
• Pashto: آدیس آبابا (adis abābā)
• Persian: آدیس آبابا (fa) (âdis âbâbâ)
• Polish: Addis Abeba (pl) f
• Portuguese: Adis Abeba (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਆਦਿਸ ਆਬਬਾ (ādis ābabā)
• Romanian: Adis Abeba f, Addis Abeba (ro)
• Russian: Адди́с-Абе́ба (ru) f (Addís-Abéba)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Адис Абеба f

  Roman: Adis Abeba f

• Slovak: Addis Abeba (sk) f
• Slovene: Adis Abeba
• Spanish: Adís Abeba (es) f
• Swedish: Addis Abeba (sv)
• Tamil: அடிஸ் அபாபா (aṭis apāpā)
• Telugu: అద్దిస్ అబాబా (addis abābā)
• Thai: อาดดิสอาบาบา (áat-dís-aa-baa-baa)
• Tibetan: ཨ་ཌི་སི་ཨ་བ་བ་ (a ḍi si a ba ba)
• Tigrinya: ኣዲስ ኣበባ (ʾadis ʾabäba)
• Turkish: Addis Ababa
• Ukrainian: Адди́с-Абе́ба f (Addýs-Abéba)
• Urdu: ادیس ابابا (ādīs ābābā)
• Uzbek: Addis-Abeba
• Vietnamese: A-đi A-bê-ba
• Yiddish: אַדיס אַבאַבאַ (adis ababa)

Dinka

Proper noun

Addis Ababa

1. Addis Ababa (the capital city of Ethiopia)