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Addis
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English
Etymology 1
From a diminutive of Adam + the patronymic suffix -s.
Proper noun
Addis
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Etymology 2
Ellipsis of Addis Ababa.
Proper noun
Addis
- 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
Proper noun
Addis
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Finnish
Etymology
Clipping of Addis Abeba.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Addis (informal)
- Addis Ababa (the capital city of Ethiopia)
Declension
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