Addis

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin

From a diminutive of Adam + the patronymic suffix -s.

Proper noun abbreviation, alt of

  1. Clipping of Addis Ababa.
    • As Italian soldiers advanced on Addis, Haile Selassie quietly boarded an overloaded train to Djibouti with his wife and five children, brushing aside the remonstrations of aghast Ethiopian notables. - 2005, Michela...

Origin

Ellipsis of Addis Ababa.

Proper noun form of, plural

  1. plural of Addi

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.