Addis Ababa

English thumb|aerial view of Addis Ababa Alternative forms en Addis Abeba Etymology From en am አዲስ አበባ new flower. Pronunciation en /ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Addis Ababa.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 en Q3624en capital city c/Ethiopia. en metonym The Ethiopian government. en 2 October 2026 Wycliffe Muia Ethiopia and Eritrea cut diplomatic ties as northern conflict escalates https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crpd0d0jl0y0o BBC News Tigrayan authorities say their forces were responding to a federal offensive and drone strikes, while Addis Ababa says Tigrayan fighters launched attacks after taking control of federally administered airports in Tigray. 2 October 2026 Synonyms nicknames: City of Humans, Adisaba, Sheger, Adu, Adu Genet Derived terms en Addis Ababan Translations capital of Ethiopia Afrikaans: af Addis Abeba Amharic: am አዲስ አበባ ʾädis ʾäbäba Arabic: ar أَدِيس أَبَابَا f Armenian: hy Ադիս Աբեբա Asturian: ast Adís Abeba Azerbaijani: az Əddis-Əbəbə Basque: eu Addis Abeba Belarusian: be Ады́с-Абе́ба Bengali: bn আদ্দিস আবাবা Bulgarian: bg Адѝс А̀беба Burmese: my အာဒစ် အာဘာဘာ Catalan: ca Addis Abeba Chinese: Cantonese: yue 阿的斯阿貝巴 aa3 dik1 si1 aa3 bui3 baa1 Mandarin: cmn 亞的斯亞貝巴 Yàdìsīyàbèibā Czech: cs Addis Abeba f Danish: da Addis Ababa Dinka: din Addis Ababa Dutch: nl Addis Abeba n Esperanto: eo Adisabebo Estonian: et Addis Ababa Farefare: gur Adis-ababa, gur Mõ-pʋʋgɔ-paalɛ Finnish: fi Addis Abeba French: fr Addis-Abeba, fr Addis-Ababa Galician: gl Adís Abeba Georgian: ka ადის-აბება German: de Addis Abeba Greek: el Αντίς Αμπέμπα f Hebrew: he אָדִיס אָבֶּבָּה adis ababa Hindi: hi अदीस अबाबा Hungarian: hu Addisz-Abeba Italian: it Addis Abeba Japanese: ja アジスアベバ Ajisuabeba Kabiye: kbp Adisi-Abeba Kannada: kn ಅಡಿಸ್ ಅಬಾಬ Kazakh: kk Аддис-Абеба Khmer: km អាឌីសអាបេបា Kongo: kg Adis Abeba Korean: ko ^아디스아바바 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb ئەدیس ئەبابا Northern Kurdish: kmr Adîs Abeba Kyrgyz: ky Аддис-Абеба Latin: la Neanthopolis f Latvian: lv Adisabeba Lithuanian: lt Adis Abeba Macedonian: mk Адис Абеба Malayalam: ml അഡിസ് അബെബ Maltese: mt Addis Ababa f Marathi: mr अदिस अबाबा Moksha: mdf Адыс-Абэба Mongolian: mn Аддис Абеба Oromo: om Finfinnee Ossetian: os Аддис-Абебӕ Pashto: ps آدیس آبابا adis abābā Persian: fa آدیس آبابا âdis âbâbâ Polish: pl Addis Abeba f Portuguese: pt Adis Abeba f Punjabi: pa ਆਦਿਸ ਆਬਬਾ Romanian: ro Adis Abeba f, ro Addis Abeba Russian: ru Адди́с-Абе́ба f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Адис Абеба f Latin: sh Adis Abeba f Slovak: sk Addis Abeba f Slovene: sl Adis Abeba Spanish: es Adís Abeba f Swedish: sv Addis Abeba Tamil: ta அடிஸ் அபாபா Telugu: te అద్దిస్ అబాబా Thai: th อาดดิสอาบาบา Tibetan: bo ཨ་ཌི་སི་ཨ་བ་བ་ Tigrinya: ti ኣዲስ ኣበባ Turkish: tr Addis Ababa Ukrainian: uk Адди́с-Абе́ба f Urdu: ur ادیس ابابا ādīs ābābā Uzbek: uz Addis-Abeba Vietnamese: vi A-đi A-bê-ba Wolaytta: wal Tungga Yiddish: yi אַדיס אַבאַבאַ Dinka Etymology From din en Addis Ababa or from din am አዲስ አበባ new flower. Proper noun din proper noun din capital city c/Ethiopia Addis Ababa