Definitions for Asmara

Asmara As·ma·ra

Spelling: [ahs-mahr-uh]
IPA: /ɑsˈmɑr ə/

Asmara is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in Asmara (aaamrs).

Definitions for Asmara

noun

  1. a city in and the capital of Eritrea, in N Ethiopia.
  2. a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.

Examples for Asmara

The port was the capital of the Italian colony until 1900 when the seat of administration was removed to Asmara (see Eritrea).

An extension of the line is planned from Asmara to Sabderat and Kassala.

A railway connects Massawa with Asmara, the capital of the colony.

In 1900 the seat of government was transferred from Massawa to Asmara, which in its modern form is the creation of the Italians.

The whole of the hill country north of Asmara belongs to the drainage area of the Baraka or Anseba.

Asmara, an Amharic word signifying “good pasture place,” is a town of considerable antiquity.

A railway from Massawa to Asmara was completed as far as Ghinda, at the foot of the plateau, in 1904.

The view over the plain to the west is bounded by the Mediterranean, intersected by the bold outlines of the island of Asmara.

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