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Afar

name
/ˈɑːfɑː(ɹ)//əˈfɑɹ/US/əˈfɑː/UK

Etymology

From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) + far.

  1. borrowed from qafár

Definitions

  1. A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

  2. A region of Ethiopia.

  3. A member of the people who speak this language and reside in these regions.

    • [...] ethnic groups, the Afars. The majority of the Somali-speaking Issas, the other main group, do support President Hassan Gouled and his RPP, though the Prime Minister, Barkat Gourad is an Afar himself.
    • Shortly thereafter he broke with Aref and supported independence. Aref was an Afar, and Gouled came from the Issa ethnic group, which for years had been at odds with the Afars.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. At, to, or from a great distance

      At, to, or from a great distance; far away.

      • He was seen from afar.
      • He loved her from afar.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA