Etymology

kebele

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Today it means: The smallest administrative unit of Ethiopia, contained within a woreda. Full definition →

Amharic ቀበሌ
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  1. Amharic · borrowed fromቀበሌ“neighbourhood”
  2. English todaykebele

Borrowed from Amharic ቀበሌ (ḳäbäle, “neighbourhood”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.