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addis

Etymology 1 n. (surname patronymic from=given names) Etymology 2

n. (short for Addis Ababa English)

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Addis, LA -- U.S. town in Louisiana
Population (2000): 2238
Housing Units (2000): 864
Land area (2000): 1.818841 sq. miles (4.710776 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.818841 sq. miles (4.710776 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00415
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 30.354585 N, 91.264672 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 70710
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Addis, LA
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Addis

Addis may refer to:

In places:

  • Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia
    • Addis Ababa University
    • Addis Ababa Agreement (disambiguation)
    • Addis Ketema, a city district
  • Addis, Louisiana, a town in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States

In people:

  • Addis (name)

In businesses:

  • The Addis Company, a defunct New York department store which merged with Dey Brothers
  • Addis Housewares, a British household products company
Addis (name)

Addis is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

  • Alfred Shea Addis (1832–1886), American photographer
  • Bob Addis (born 1925), American former baseball player
  • Charles Addis (1902–1983), English cricketer
  • John Addis (1914–1983), British diplomat and collector of Ming porcelain
  • Mark Addis (born 1969), British philosopher
  • Richard Addis (born 1956), British journalist and entrepreneur
  • Thomas Addis (1881–1949), British-American physician-scientist
  • William Addis (disambiguation)
  • Yda Hillis Addis (1857–c.1902), American author

Given name:

  • Addis Abebe (born 1970), Ethiopian long distance runner
  • Addis Mussa, known as Raptile (born 1976), German-Ethiopian singer

Usage examples of "addis".

Nothing was brewing, and if anything ever did, Addis de Valence would not be in the middle of it.

What he had not known was that Addis owned her heart more securely than her freedom.

Rhys did not like Addis much, and the tension over Moira still hung between them.

He had never thought to see the day when he understood why Addis had forced Moira to remain his bondwoman, but he did now.

But she did know, and Addis knew that she did, but they pretended otherwise.

She had made it easy for Addis to get Rhys alone because she wanted men she could trust beside her husband.

It was right before the rebellion, and they had come to ask Addis to join with them.

He was one of those present when the King abdicated in favor of his son, along with Addis and myself and members of every degree, from bishops to serfs.

We will bring Sir Addis and Moira nothing but trouble, and the enmity of the Queen and Mortimer.

If Addis takes you in, he will fight a war before he lets harm come to you.

She reminded Addis that she had joined him when he came to retake his home.

If Addis spoke lightly of your role, it was only to permit you to refuse with no embarrassment, since in failure your fate will be worse than his.

He leaned on her, and together they followed Addis and headed toward the steps.

With his guardian Addis de Valence teaching him to see the small evidence left behind by men on horse or foot, he had led the small troop that caught them.

Still, saying the words had been hard, as Addis had warned it would be.