Asmara

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æsˈmɑːɹə/

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Proper noun

Asmara

1. The capital city of Eritrea.

Translations

capital of Eritrea

• Afrikaans: Asmara
• Amharic: አስመራ (ʾäsmära)
• Arabic: أَسْمَرَة f (ʔasmara)
• Armenian: Ասմարա (hy) (Asmara), Ասմերա (Asmera)
• Catalan: Asmara
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿斯馬拉／阿斯马拉 (zh) (Āsīmǎlā)

• Czech: Asmara f
• Danish: Asmara (da)
• Dutch: Asmara n
• Esperanto: Asmaro
• Finnish: Asmara
• German: Asmara (de) n
• Greek: Ασμάρα (el) f (Asmára)
• Hebrew: אסמרה f (asmara)
• Hindi: अस्मारा m (asmārā)
• Japanese: アスマラ (ja) (Asumara)
• Khmer: អាស្មារ៉ា (km) (ʼaasmaaraa)
• Korean: 아스마라 (Aseumara)
• Latvian: Asmera
• Maltese: Asmara
• Marathi: अस्मारा n (asmārā)
• Persian: اسمره (asmare)
• Portuguese: Asmara (pt) f
• Russian: Асмэ́ра (ru) f (Asmɛ́ra), Асма́ра (ru) f (Asmára)
• Spanish: Asmara (es)
• Swahili: Asmara
• Swedish: Asmara (sv) n
• Thai: แอสมารา
• Tigrinya: ኣስመራ (ʾasmära)
• Ukrainian: Асме́ра f (Asméra), Асма́ра f (Asmára)
• Vietnamese: A-xma-ra

Anagrams

• Samara, asrama, samara

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Asmara

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Related terms

• Asmaraan
• Asmaraans

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈasmara]

Proper noun

Asmara f (related adjective asmarský)

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Declension

Declension of Asmara (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Asmara
genitive	Asmary
dative	Asmaře
accusative	Asmaru
vocative	Asmaro
locative	Asmaře
instrumental	Asmarou

Finnish

Etymology

From Tigrinya ኣስመራ (ʾasmära).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsmɑrɑ/, [ˈɑ̝s̠mɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑsmɑrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): As‧ma‧ra

Proper noun

Asmara

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Declension

The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Asmara" is Asmarassa.

Inflection of Asmara (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Asmara	—
genitive		Asmaran	—
partitive		Asmaraa	—
illative		Asmaraan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Asmara	—
accusative	nom.	Asmara	—
	gen.	Asmaran
genitive		Asmaran	—
partitive		Asmaraa	—
inessive		Asmarassa	—
elative		Asmarasta	—
illative		Asmaraan	—
adessive		Asmaralla	—
ablative		Asmaralta	—
allative		Asmaralle	—
essive		Asmarana	—
translative		Asmaraksi	—
abessive		Asmaratta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Asmara (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Asmarani — accusative nom. Asmarani — gen. Asmarani genitive Asmarani — partitive Asmaraani — inessive Asmarassani — elative Asmarastani — illative Asmaraani — adessive Asmarallani — ablative Asmaraltani — allative Asmaralleni — essive Asmaranani — translative Asmarakseni — abessive Asmarattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Asmarasi — accusative nom. Asmarasi — gen. Asmarasi genitive Asmarasi — partitive Asmaraasi — inessive Asmarassasi — elative Asmarastasi — illative Asmaraasi — adessive Asmarallasi — ablative Asmaraltasi — allative Asmarallesi — essive Asmaranasi — translative Asmaraksesi — abessive Asmarattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Asmaramme — accusative nom. Asmaramme — gen. Asmaramme genitive Asmaramme — partitive Asmaraamme — inessive Asmarassamme — elative Asmarastamme — illative Asmaraamme — adessive Asmarallamme — ablative Asmaraltamme — allative Asmarallemme — essive Asmaranamme — translative Asmaraksemme — abessive Asmarattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Asmaranne — accusative nom. Asmaranne — gen. Asmaranne genitive Asmaranne — partitive Asmaraanne — inessive Asmarassanne — elative Asmarastanne — illative Asmaraanne — adessive Asmarallanne — ablative Asmaraltanne — allative Asmarallenne — essive Asmarananne — translative Asmaraksenne — abessive Asmarattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Asmaransa — accusative nom. Asmaransa — gen. Asmaransa genitive Asmaransa — partitive Asmaraansa — inessive Asmarassaan Asmarassansa — elative Asmarastaan Asmarastansa — illative Asmaraansa — adessive Asmarallaan Asmarallansa — ablative Asmaraltaan Asmaraltansa — allative Asmaralleen Asmarallensa — essive Asmaranaan Asmaranansa — translative Asmarakseen Asmaraksensa — abessive Asmarattaan Asmarattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈzma.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: A‧smà‧ra

Proper noun

Asmara f

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Anagrams

• samara

Latin

Etymology

From Tigrinya ኣስመራ (ʾasmära).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaːs.ma.ra/, [ˈäːs̠märä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈas.ma.ra/, [ˈäzmärä]

Proper noun

Āsmara f sg (genitive Āsmarae); first declension (New Latin)

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Āsmara
Genitive	Āsmarae
Dative	Āsmarae
Accusative	Āsmaram
Ablative	Āsmarā
Vocative	Āsmara
Locative	Āsmarae

Portuguese

Proper noun

Asmara f

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈasmara]

Proper noun

Asmara f (genitive singular Asmary, declension pattern of žena)

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Further reading

• “Asmara”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈmaɾa/ [azˈma.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: As‧ma‧ra

Proper noun

Asmara ?

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as²mɑːˌra/
• Rhymes: -²ɑːra

Proper noun

Asmara n (genitive Asmaras)

1. Asmara (the capital of Eritrea)