Adowa
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Passing Ethiopia he thought of Conrad, who wrote a chapter of Almayer's Folly in a steamer named Adowa.
From Time Magazine Archive
We were frequently delayed by demands from local chiefs for toll dues, and did not arrive at Adowa till December 6.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
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