Afar Definition

ə-fär
afars
adverb
From, at, or to a great distance.
Saw it afar off; traveled afar.
American Heritage
At or to a great distance.
Webster's New World
At, to, or from a great distance; far away.
He was seen from afar.
Wiktionary
Antonyms:
noun
A long distance.
Tales from afar.
American Heritage
A great distance.
Webster's New World
A member of a people of Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.
American Heritage
The Cushitic language of the Afar.
American Heritage
pronoun

A Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti.

Wiktionary

The people speaking this language and residing in these regions.

Wiktionary

A region in Ethiopia.

Wiktionary

Origin of Afar

  • Middle English afer from on fer far and from of fer from afar from Old English feor far far

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • a- (“for, on, or of”) +‎ far

    From Wiktionary

  • Afar qafár

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Afar Sentence Examples

  • Dean caught her eye from afar and waved a greeting that she acknowledged.

  • And at first from afar he heard men's voices and then women's.

  • Afar and Somali form the population of the southern regions.

  • It reaches the Afar (Danakil) lowlands through a broad breach in the eastern escarpment of the plateau, beyond which it is joined on its left bank by its chief affluent, the Germama (Kasam), and then trends round in the direction of Tajura Bay.

  • This aspect is confirmed by the epithets Argyrotoxos (" god of the silver bow"), Hecatebolos (" the shooter from afar"), Chrysaoros (" wearer of the golden sword"), and his.

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Words Starting With

AAFAFA

Words Ending With

RARFAR

Unscrambles

afar

Words Starting With A and Ending With R

Starts With A & Ends With RStarts With AF & Ends With RStarts With A & Ends With AR

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With A4 Letter Words Ending With R