Gondar

Gon·dar
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UK/ˈɡɒndɑː/US/ˈɡɑndəɹ/US/ˈɡɑnˌdɑɹ/

proper noun

A city and woreda in Ethiopia.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Gonder

  1. A city and woreda in Ethiopia.

    While waiting at immigration, Clark meets a Dutch couple with similar problems and invites them to visit us in Gondar.

    2011 March 18, Barbara W. Olson, Gondar, Ethiopia: 1971-1975 Guests in the Ethiopian Highlands and Children of Zemecha, →ISBN, page 107
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    This paper examines the phonological, grammatical and lexical variations between the dialects of Addis Ababa and Gondar.

    1998 May 11, Emanuela Trevisan Semi, Tudor Parfitt, The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel: Studies on the Ethiopian Jews, →ISBN, page 258

    One consequence of this greater stability was the construction of a series of impressive lime-mortared stone buildings in some of the short- lived capitals and at Gondar itself.

    2004 July 19, Graham Connor, Forgotten Africa: An Introduction to Its Archaeology, →ISBN, page 80

Origin

  1. Amharicጎንደር
  2. EnglishGondar

Borrowed from Amharic ጎንደር (gondär).

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APA

Gondar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gondar

MLA

“Gondar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gondar. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gondar,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gondar.

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