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Adwa (ä`dwä), Aduwa, or Adowa (both: ä`dəwä), Ital. Adua, town (1994 pop. 24,519), Tigray region, N Ethiopia. Lying on the highway between Aksum and Adigrat, Adwa is an agricultural trade center. Adwa was the most important commercial center of Tigray in the 19th cent., but declined in the 1870s as a result of the dislocation caused by the fighting between Ethiopia and Egypt. In 1896, Adwa was the site of the battle in which Menelik II Menelik II (mĕn`əlĭk), 1844–1913, emperor of Ethiopia after 1889. ..... Click the link for more information. decisively defeated Italian invaders and forced them out of Ethiopia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Italy's miserable defeat that
year in the battle of Adua failed this aim and indeed intensified the
felt need for signs and institutions that would embody an expanding
Italian nation. Luciano Pavarotti and his wife, Adua, appeared in court Wednesday
for one last attempt at reconciliation. Last month, Pavarotti and his manager-wife, Adua, agreed to a
separation after 35 years of marriage. |
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