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Aduwa

American  
[ah-doo-wah] / ˈɑ dʊˌwɑ /
Or Adowa

noun

  1. a town in N Ethiopia: Italians defeated 1896.


Aduwa British  
/ ˈɑːdʊˌwɑː /

noun

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

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"Disney is pushing the envelope of contract law," says Ernest Aduwa, partner at Stokoe Partnership Solicitors, who are not involved in the proceedings.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2024

Day after the official annexation of Aduwa, holy Aksum surrendered without a shot being fired.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ras Gugsa, whose tribesmen had led the unopposed Italian advance all the way from Aduwa, 60 miles to the north last week, moved into his palace.

From Time Magazine Archive

But always ahead of them was chunky, wily Ras Seyoum, onetime Governor of Aduwa, commander of the Ethiopian forces in the North.

From Time Magazine Archive

Without a Jena or an Austerlitz, without even an Aduwa, he has become to Nazi Germany what Napoleon was to France, what Mussolini is to Italy.

From Time Magazine Archive

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