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ASMARA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Asmara mean?
• ASMARA (noun)
The noun ASMARA has 1 sense:
1. the capital of Eritrea
Familiarity information: ASMARA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital of Eritrea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Asmara; Asmera
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Asmara" is a part of...):
Eritrea; State of Eritrea (an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993)
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