Asmara

English

Etymology

From Tigrinya ኣስመራ (ʾasmära).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æsˈmɑːɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Asmara

2. The capital city of Eritrea.
   • 2026 October 2, Wycliffe Muia, “Ethiopia and Eritrea cut diplomatic ties as northern conflict escalates”, in BBC News‎^[1], retrieved 2 October 2026:

     On Thursday, Ethiopia announced it was closing its embassy in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, and ordered 10 Eritrean diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours, accusing them of activities that threatened national security.

3. (metonymic) The Eritrean government.

Translations

capital of Eritrea

• Afrikaans: Asmara
• Amharic: አስመራ (ʾäsmära)
• Arabic: أَسْمَرَة f (ʔasmara)
• Armenian: Ասմարա (hy) (Asmara), Ասմերա (Asmera)
• Asturian: Asmara (ast)
• 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
• Lithuanian: Asmara f
• Maltese: Asmara f
• Marathi: अस्मारा n (asmārā)
• Persian: اسمره (asmare)
• Polish: Asmara (pl) f
• 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 (relational 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
• Hyphenation^(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): /azˈma.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: A‧smà‧ra

Proper noun

Asmara f

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Anagrams

• samara

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Tigrinya ኣስመራ (ʾasmära).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaːs.ma.ra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaz.ma.ra]

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.

	singular
nominative	Āsmara
genitive	Āsmarae
dative	Āsmarae
accusative	Āsmaram
ablative	Āsmarā
vocative	Āsmara
locative	Āsmarae

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐsmɐˈrɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɐ
• Syllabification: A‧sma‧rà

Proper noun

Asmarà f

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Declension

Declension of Asmara

	singular
nominative	Asmara
genitive	Asmaros
dative	Asmarai
accusative	Asmarą
instrumental	Asmara
locative	Asmaroje
vocative	Asmara

Further reading

• “Asmara” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]

Maltese

Proper noun

Asmara f

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈma.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: As‧ma‧ra

Proper noun

Asmara f (related adjective asmarski)

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Declension

Declension of Asmara

	singular
nominative	Asmara
genitive	Asmary
dative	Asmarze
accusative	Asmarę
instrumental	Asmarą
locative	Asmarze
vocative	Asmaro

Derived terms

nouns

• asmarczyk
• asmarka

References

• Asmara in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Asmara f

1. Asmara (the capital city of Eritrea)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asmara/, [ˈasmara]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: As‧ma‧ra

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, 2003–2026

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)