Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

afaria

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: afaria
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A proposed state seeking secession from Ethiopia.

Example Sentences

"The transitional government in Ethiopia has been concerned that FRUD could link with the older Afar Liberation Front (ALF) in Ethiopia and Eritrea with its dream of a separate "Afaria"."
"The outbreak of ethnic violence in 1991 severely strained Djiboutian-French Relations. Paris, which had deployed troops in March to disarm Ethiopian soldiers fleeing into Djibouti, dismissed the government's claims that Ethiopian Afars were seeking to establish a “greater Afaria” and in October ordered its troops to remain in their barracks."
"For instance, in the Afaria region of Ethiopia (Afaria is situated close to Ethiopia-Somalia and Ethiopia-Kenya borders) there is a sustained standoff between tigrai-amhara organizations (Tigrai Liberation National Front and Afar Liberation Front)."

Etymology

From Afar + -ia.

Questions

What does afaria mean?: A proposed state seeking secession from Ethiopia.
Where does afaria come from?: From Afar + -ia.

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