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Addis

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English

Etymology 1

From a diminutive of Adam + the patronymic suffix -s.

Proper noun

Addis

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Etymology 2

Ellipsis of Addis Ababa.

Proper noun

Addis

  1. Clipping of Addis Ababa.
    • 2005, Michela Wrong, I Didn't Do It For You, page 153:
      As Italian soldiers advanced on Addis, Haile Selassie quietly boarded an overloaded train to Djibouti with his wife and five children, brushing aside the remonstrations of aghast Ethiopian notables.

Etymology 3

From Addi + -s.

Proper noun

Addis

  1. plural of Addi

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Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of Addis Abeba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑdːis/, [ˈɑ̝dːis̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑdːis
  • Syllabification(key): Ad‧dis
  • Hyphenation(key): Ad‧dis

Proper noun

Addis (informal)

  1. Addis Ababa (the capital city of Ethiopia)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
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