ADIS ABABA (" the new See also:flower ")
, the See also:capital of See also:Abyssinia and of the See also:kingdom of See also:Shoa, in 9° 1' N., 38° 56' E., 220 M
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W. by S. of See also:Harrar, and about 450 M
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S.W. of See also:Jibuti on the Gulf of See also:Aden
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Adis Ababa stands on the See also:southern slopes of the Entotto range, at an See also:altitude of over 8000 ft., on See also:bare, grassy undulations, watered by small streams flowing S.S.E. to the Hawash
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It is a large straggling encampment rather than a See also:town, with few buildings of any architectural merit
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The Gebi or royal enclosure completely covers a small See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill overlooking the whole See also:neighbour-See also:hood, while around it are the enclosures of the abuna and See also:principal nobles, and the residences of the See also:foreign ministers
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The principal traders are Armenians and See also:Hindus
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About a mile See also:north-See also:east of the See also:palace is the military See also:camp
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On the hills some five See also:miles to the north, 1 500 ft. above the camp, are the ruins of an old fortress, and the churches of St Raguel and St Mariam
.
The town is in telegraphic communication with See also:Massawa, Harrar and Jibuti
.
It was founded by Menelek II. in 1892 as the capital of his See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king-
I
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dom in See also:succession to Entotto, a deserted See also:settlement some ten or twelve miles north of Adis Ababa
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