Menelik II

Men·e·lik II

[men-l-ik]
noun
1844–1913, emperor of Ethiopia 1889–1913.
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n
1844--1913, emperor of Abyssinia (1889--1910). He defeated the Italians at Aduwa (1896), maintaining the independence of Abyssinia in an era of European expansion in Africa

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