Gondar

American  

[gon-der] / ˈgɒn dər /

Or Gonder

noun

1. a city in the Amhara Region of northern Ethiopia, north of Lake Tana: once the capital of the former Ethiopian Empire.

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Gondar British  

/ ˈɡɒndɑː /

noun

1. a city in NW Ethiopia: capital of Ethiopia from the 17th century until 1868. Pop: 191 000 (2005 est)

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Etymology

Origin of Gondar

First recorded in 1700–10; from Amharic Gondar, Gonder

Example Sentences

Priests carried tabots into one of the fortresses in Gondar, where they will be kept until the end of the festivities.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2024

Celebrations have been taking place in Ethiopia's historic holy city of Gondar for the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian festival of Timket.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2024

The military's success in Gondar, Amahara's second-biggest city, is the first major breakthrough for federal forces, who were overrun by Fano militiamen in Gondar and some other towns in the early days of the fighting.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2023

Residents said the informal Amhara militia known as Fano now controls Gondar and Lalibela, which are main tourist towns.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

The indigenous plant of Efát is not, however, so much esteemed as that from Gondar, which, instead of rising tall and straight from the ground, assumes a spreading dwarfy appearance.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis