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• a variation of Aduwa.

Adowa

American  

[ad-uh-wah] / ˌæd əˈwɑ /

Or adowa

noun

1. a type of traditional, relatively sedate ceremonial dance of the Akan people of Ghana and other West African countries, featuring small steps and leg movements and curving movements of the arms and hands, typically accompanied by fast drumming.

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Adowa British  

/ ˈɑːdʊˌwɑː /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Aduwa

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Adowa

After paparazzi photographed the models Adowa Aboah and Cara Delevingne wearing it, knockoffs of the T-shirt proliferated.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2018

For him, the greatest revelation came in the contrast between the gestural Adowa of Anglophone Ghana and the ecstatic Sabar of Francophone Senegal.

From New York Times ● May 21, 2010

General Haptemikael himself is a veteran of Adowa.

From Time Magazine Archive

The memory of Adowa poisoned relations between the two countries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gondar is the capital of Amhara, Adowa is the main town of Tigré, and Amkobar is the most important place in Shoa.

From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston