Adowa

[ ah-doo-wah ]

/ ˈɑ dʊˌwɑ /

Aduwa.

Definition for adowa (2 of 2)

Aduwa

[ ah-doo-wah ]

/ ˈɑ dʊˌwɑ /

a town in N Ethiopia: Italians defeated 1896.

As a whole the army's reputation had been injured by the Adowa disaster and by the slowness of the campaign in Tripoli.

The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) |Various
Mansfield Parkyns, in his very entertaining book on Abyssinia, gives an account of the silversmiths at Adowa.

Sport in Abyssinia |Dermot Mayo
The contagion from Masuah and Adowa had spread itself all over Gondar.

The Life and Adventures of Bruce, the African Traveller |Francis Head
The houses of Adowa are of rough stone, cemented with mud instead of mortar.

The Life and Adventures of Bruce, the African Traveller |Francis Head

I wrote letters to K., and gave them to Goubasee to take to Adowa.

Sport in Abyssinia |Dermot Mayo

Adowa

/ (ˈɑːdʊˌwɑː) /

a variant spelling of Aduwa

Aduwa

/ (ˈɑːdʊˌwɑː) /

a town in N Ethiopia: Emperor Menelik II defeated the Italians here in 1896. Pop: 46 272 (2005 est) Italian name: Adua (aˈdua)