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Borrowed from Amharic ጎንደር (gondär).
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Gondar
- A city and woreda in Ethiopia.
1998 May 11, Emanuela Trevisan Semi, Tudor Parfitt, The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel: Studies on the Ethiopian Jews[1], →ISBN, page 258:This paper examines the phonological, grammatical and lexical variations between the dialects of Addis Ababa and Gondar.
2004 July 19, Graham Connor, Forgotten Africa: An Introduction to Its Archaeology[2], →ISBN, page 80:One consequence of this greater stability was the construction of a series of impressive lime-mortared stone buildings in some of the short- lived capitals and at Gondar itself.
2011 March 18, Barbara W. Olson, Gondar, Ethiopia: 1971-1975 Guests in the Ethiopian Highlands and Children of Zemecha[3], →ISBN, page 107:While waiting at immigration, Clark meets a Dutch couple with similar problems and invites them to visit us in Gondar.