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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 231 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GONDAR , properly GvENDAR, a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia, formerly the See also:

capital of the Amharic See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom, situated on a basaltic See also:

ridge some 7500 ft. above the See also:

sea, about 21 M. N.E. of See also:

Lake See also:

TSANA

Tsana, a splendid view of which is obtained from the See also:

castle. Two streams, the Angreb on the See also:

east See also:

side and the Gaha or Kaha on the See also:

west, flow from the ridge, and See also:

MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting below the town, pass onwards to the lake. In the See also:

early years of the 20th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the town was much decayed, numerous ruins of castles, palaces and churches indicating its former importance. It was never a compact See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, being divided into districts separated from each other by open spaces. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief quarters were those of the Abun-See also:

Bed or See also:

bishop, the Etchege-Bed or chief of the monks, the Debra Berhan or See also:

Church of the See also:

LIGHT

Light, and the Gemp or castle. There was also a See also:

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter for the Mahommedans. Gondar was a small See also:

VILLAGE

village when at the beginning of the 16th century it was chosen by the See also:

NEGUS

Negus Sysenius (Seged I.) as the capital of his kingdom. His son Fasilidas, or A'lem-Seged (1633-1667), was the builder of the castle which bears his name.

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