Adamawa Massif

[ ad-uh-mah-wuh, ah-dah-mah-wah ]

/ ˌæd əˈmɑ wə, ˌɑ dɑˈmɑ wɑ /

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noun

a plateau in W central Africa, in central Cameroon and E Nigeria.

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Words nearby Adamawa Massif

Its most striking feature is the mountainous and eruptive area known as the Massif Central, which covers south-central France.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7|Various
Their most southerly emirate is Adamawa, the country on both sides of the upper Benue.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3|Various
Massif will publish it at his own expense, and you will appear before the public in one month.
A Romance of Youth, Complete|Francois Coppee
Massif ought to pay him in a few days five hundred francs for the second edition of his book; but what is a handful of napoleons?
A Romance of Youth, Complete|Francois Coppee

Beyond that it swells out into the vast massif of Anambaruin-ula, which is traversed by at least three minor parallel chains.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 8|Various