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A⋅du⋅wa

[ah-doo-wah]
–noun
a town in N Ethiopia: Italians defeated 1896. 15,712.
Also, Adowa.
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A·du·wa   (ä'də-wə, ād'ə-)   
See Adwa.
Ad·wa   (äd'wə, ād'-)   
A town of northern Ethiopia south of Asmara, Eritrea. Emperor Menelik II decisively defeated the Italians here in 1896 to secure recognition of Ethiopia's independence. Population: 43,500.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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