Agaw

noun

variants or less commonly Agau

ə-ˈgau̇

or Agew

ə-ˈgau̇,

-ˈgō

plural -s

1

a

: a Cushitic-speaking people of the northern highlands of Ethiopia

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Cushitic language of the Agaw people

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Amharic & Geez Agäw

First Known Use

1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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