Gondar

Gondar [gon-der] Examples noun

1. a city in NW Ethiopia, N of Lake Tana: a former capital.

Amhara [ahm-hahr-uh] noun

1. a former kingdom in E Africa: now a province in NW Ethiopia. Capital: Gondar.
2. a member of an agricultural, Amharic-speaking Christian people of central Ethiopia descended from Semites who began conquering the land in the sixth century b.c.

Examples from the Web for gondar Historical Examples of gondar

Next day the army of 30,000 men marched in triumph into Gondar.

The World’s Greatest Books, Volume 19

Various

Finally the sheik furnishes me with an escort, and I return to Gondar.

French and Oriental Love in a Harem

Mario Uchard

Bruce inquired if she was at Gondar, and was answered, “No; she is at Koscam.”

The Life and Adventures of Bruce, the African Traveller

Francis Head

But we have ample stock of rare silks and rich spices of Araby and Gondar.

The Great Mogul

Louis Tracy

This circumstance occasioned some mirth at the court of Gondar.

Life Of Johnson, Volume 5

Boswell

British Dictionary definitions for gondar Gondar noun

1. a city in NW Ethiopia: capital of Ethiopia from the 17th century until 1868. Pop: 191 000 (2005 est)

Amhara noun

1. a region of NW Ethiopia: formerly a kingdom
2. an inhabitant of the former kingdom of Amhara