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Adwa

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Ad·wa  (ädw, d-) also A·du·wa or A·do·wa (äd-w, d-)
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.


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Both men originated in eastern Gojjam and are renowned for their paintings of the Battle of Adwa of 1896.
Ethiopian painting of King Takla Haymanot's war with the Dervishes by Pankhurst, Richard / African Arts
In the Battle of Adwa in 1896, the Italian forces met defeat at the hands of the Ethiopians defending their homeland.
African-American Baptists and World War II by Martin, Sandy / Baptist History and Heritage
We arrived in Adwa on December 6 (1984) and were surrounded by soldiers in the middle of the town.
The African killing fields; you heard all about the Ethiopian famine. ... by Kaplan, Robert D. / Washington Monthly
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