Save Type Settlement Usage French, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Malagasy, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek Scripts Аддис-Абеба(Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Russian, Tajik, Uzbek) Pronounced Pron. A-DEES A-BEH-BA(French) u-DYEES u-BYEH-bə(Russian) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Form of Addis Ababa used in various languages.