Addis Ababa

English

aerial view of Addis Ababa

Alternative forms

• Addis Abeba

Etymology

From Amharic አዲስ አበባ (ʾädis ʾäbäba, “new flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Addis Ababa

2. The capital city of Ethiopia.
3. (metonymic) The Ethiopian government.
   • 2026 October 2, Wycliffe Muia, “Ethiopia and Eritrea cut diplomatic ties as northern conflict escalates”, in BBC News‎^[1], retrieved 2 October 2026:

     Tigrayan authorities say their forces were responding to a federal offensive and drone strikes, while Addis Ababa says Tigrayan fighters launched attacks after taking control of federally administered airports in Tigray.

Synonyms

• (nicknames): City of Humans, Adisaba, Sheger, Adu, Adu Genet

Derived terms

• Addis Ababan

Translations

capital of Ethiopia

• Afrikaans: Addis Abeba
• Amharic: አዲስ አበባ (ʾädis ʾäbäba)
• Arabic: أَدِيس أَبَابَا (ar) f (ʔadīs ʔabābā)
• Armenian: Ադիս Աբեբա (hy) (Adis Abeba)
• Asturian: Adís Abeba (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Əddis-Əbəbə
• Basque: Addis Abeba
• Belarusian: Ады́с-Абе́ба (Adýs-Abjéba)
• Bengali: আদ্দিস আবাবা (bn) (addiś ababa)
• Bulgarian: Адѝс А̀беба (Adìs Àbeba)
• Burmese: အာဒစ် အာဘာဘာ (adac abhabha)
• Catalan: Addis Abeba
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿的斯阿貝巴 / 阿的斯阿贝巴 (aa³ dik¹ si¹ aa³ bui³ baa¹)

  Mandarin: 亞的斯亞貝巴 / 亚的斯亚贝巴 (zh) (Yàdìsīyàbèibā)

• Czech: Addis Abeba (cs) f
• Danish: Addis Ababa
• Dinka: Addis Ababa
• Dutch: Addis Abeba (nl) n
• Esperanto: Adisabebo
• Estonian: Addis Ababa (et)
• Farefare: Adis-ababa, Mõ-pʋʋgɔ-paalɛ
• Finnish: Addis Abeba (fi)
• French: Addis-Abeba (fr), Addis-Ababa
• Galician: Adís Abeba
• Georgian: ადის-აბება (adis-abeba)
• German: Addis Abeba (de)
• Greek: Αντίς Αμπέμπα (el) f (Antís Ampémpa)
• Hebrew: אָדִיס אָבֶּבָּה (adis ababa)
• Hindi: अदीस अबाबा (adīs abābā)
• Hungarian: Addisz-Abeba (hu)
• Italian: Addis Abeba (it)
• Japanese: アジスアベバ (ja) (Ajisuabeba)
• Kabiye: Adisi-Abeba
• Kannada: ಅಡಿಸ್ ಅಬಾಬ (kn) (aḍis abāba)
• Kazakh: Аддис-Абеба (Addıys-Abeba)
• Khmer: អាឌីសអាបេបា (km) (ʼaadiih ʼaabeebaa)
• Kongo: Adis Abeba
• Korean: 아디스아바바 (Adiseuababa)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەدیس ئەبابا (edîs ebaba)

  Northern Kurdish: Adîs Abeba

• Kyrgyz: Аддис-Абеба (Addis-Abeba)
• Latin: Neanthopolis f
• Latvian: Adisabeba
• Lithuanian: Adis Abeba
• Macedonian: Адис Абеба (Adis Abeba)
• Malayalam: അഡിസ് അബെബ (aḍis abeba)
• Maltese: Addis Ababa f
• Marathi: अदिस अबाबा (adis abābā)
• Moksha: Адыс-Абэба (Adïs-Abëba)
• Mongolian: Аддис Абеба (Addis Abeba)
• Oromo: Finfinnee
• Ossetian: Аддис-Абебӕ (Addis-Abebæ)
• Pashto: آدیس آبابا (adis abābā)
• Persian: آدیس آبابا (fa) (âdis âbâbâ)
• Polish: Addis Abeba (pl) f
• Portuguese: Adis Abeba (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਆਦਿਸ ਆਬਬਾ (ādis ābbā)
• Romanian: Adis Abeba f, Addis Abeba (ro)
• Russian: Адди́с-Абе́ба (ru) f (Addís-Abéba)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Адис Абеба f

  Latin: Adis Abeba f

• Slovak: Addis Abeba (sk) f
• Slovene: Adis Abeba
• Spanish: Adís Abeba (es) f
• Swedish: Addis Abeba (sv)
• Tamil: அடிஸ் அபாபா (aṭis apāpā)
• Telugu: అద్దిస్ అబాబా (addis abābā)
• Thai: อาดดิสอาบาบา (áat-dís-aa-baa-baa)
• Tibetan: ཨ་ཌི་སི་ཨ་བ་བ་ (a ḍi si a ba ba)
• Tigrinya: ኣዲስ ኣበባ (ʾadis ʾabäba)
• Turkish: Addis Ababa (tr)
• Ukrainian: Адди́с-Абе́ба f (Addýs-Abéba)
• Urdu: ادیس ابابا (ādīs ābābā)
• Uzbek: Addis-Abeba
• Vietnamese: A-đi A-bê-ba
• Wolaytta: Tungga
• Yiddish: אַדיס אַבאַבאַ (adis ababa)

Dinka

Etymology

From English Addis Ababa or from Amharic አዲስ አበባ (ʾädis ʾäbäba, “new flower”).

Proper noun

Addis Ababa

1. Addis Ababa (the capital city of Ethiopia)