Aksum

American  

[ahk-soom] / ˈɑk sʊm /

Or Axum

noun

1. the capital of an ancient Ethiopian kingdom, ruled by Himyaritic emigrants from Arabia.

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Aksum British  

/ ˈɑːksʊm /

noun

1. an ancient town in N Ethiopia, in the Tigre region: capital of the Aksumite Empire (1st to 6th centuries _ad ). According to tradition, the Ark of the Covenant was brought here from Jerusalem

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Example Sentences

People also stayed in church compounds or the houses of relatives if they had some in Aksum.

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Aksum, which is said to be the birthplace of the biblical Queen of Sheba, was the focal point of the conflict.

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Aksum had once been at the centre of a large empire.

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As many as half a million people have descended on Ethiopia's sacred city of Aksum, according to its mayor, for a religious festival taking place for the first time since the civil war in the northern region of Tigray ended.

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Aksum is a holy site for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians who say it is home to the Ark of the Covenant, believed to contain the 10 commandments handed down to Moses by God - and later brought to the city from Jerusalem.

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