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Where does “አዲስ አበባ” come from?

አዲስ አበባ (Amharic) comes from Amharic አዲስ, from Proto-Semitic *ḥdṯ-.

አዲስ አበባ (Amharic): new flower

Definitions

  1. new flower

Ancestry of “አዲስ አበባ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicአዲስ—
2Proto-Semitic*ḥdṯ-—

Words derived from “አዲስ አበባ”

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