ደብረ ሀገር

Ge'ez

Alternate Forms

ደብረ አህጉር (däbrä ʾähgur)

Etymology

From ደብር (däbr, “mountain”) and ሀገር (hägär, “city”)

Noun

ደብረ ሀገር • (däbrä hägär), plural አድባራተ ሀገር (ʾädbaratä hägär), አድባረ ሀገር (ʾädbarä hägär), አድባራተ አህጉር (ʾädbaratä ʾähgur), or አድባረ አህጉር (ʾädbarä ʾähgur)

  1. metropolis

References
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) “ደብር”, in Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 121b
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