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Dictionary: a·far   (ə-fär') pronunciation
adv.
From, at, or to a great distance: saw it afar off; traveled afar.

n.
A long distance: Tales from afar.

[Middle English afer, from on fer, far, and from of fer, from afar, from Old English feor, far. See far.]


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adv

Definition: a great distance away
Antonyms: close, near


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Not near.

pronunciation They traveled afar and returned with wonderful stories.

Wikipedia: Afar
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Afar may refer to:

  • Afar people, who principally reside in Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia
  • Afar Insurgency, an African civil war of 1991
  • Afar Depression, a geological depression near the Horn of Africa
  • Afar Region in Ethiopia
  • Afar language, one of the East Cushitic languages
  • Afar Desert of Northern Ethiopia
  • Afar Communications, Inc., a US based company with offices in Santa Barbara, California
  • Afar Explorer, a US based company with interests in the Ogaden Basin of Ethiopia
  • Afar Magazine, a US travel magazine, published in Phoenix AZ
  • At, to, or from a great distance; far away

The acronym AFAR refers to the following:

  • Association for Asian Research
  • American Foundation for Addiction Research
  • Association Francaise des Affaires Réglementaires

Translations: Afar
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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - fjernt, langt borte
n. - borte, det fjerne

Nederlands (Dutch)
ver

Français (French)
adv. - au loin, à distance
n. - longue distance

Deutsch (German)
adv. - weit entfernt
n. - in der Entfernung, von weitem

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - μακριά, πέρα

Italiano (Italian)
lontano

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - longe, à distância

Русский (Russian)
вдалеке, издалека

Español (Spanish)
adv. - lejano, lejos, remoto
n. - lugar lejano o remoto

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - fjärran

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
在远方, 遥远地, 从远方, 远方

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 在遠方, 遙遠地, 從遠方
n. - 遠方

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 멀리
n. - 먼 곳

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - はるかに, 遠くに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بعيدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮במרחק, ממרחקים‬
n. - ‮מרחק רב‬


 
 
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