Saar

American  

[zahr, sahr] / zɑr, sɑr /

noun

1. Also called Saar Basin.  a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.

2. French Sarre.  a river in W Europe, flowing N from the Vosges Mountains in NE France to the Moselle River in W Germany. 150 miles (240 km) long.

3. Saarland.

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Saar British  

/ zaːr, sɑː /

noun

1. French name: Sarre.  a river in W Europe, rising in the Vosges Mountains and flowing north to the Moselle River in Germany. Length: 246 km (153 miles)

2. another name for Saarland

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Example Sentences

Israel did not take part in the hearings but Foreign Minister Gideon Saar described them as "part of a systematic persecution and delegitimisation of Israel".

From Barron's

"SAAR" means seasonally adjusted annual rate.

From MarketWatch

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar dismissed the Commission's proposals as "morally and politically distorted", warning on X that actions against Israel would damage Europe's own interests and vowing that any steps taken against his country would be answered "in kind."

From BBC

After Belgium announced its sanctions, Gideon Saar wrote on X that it was "regrettable that even when Israel is fighting an existential threat, which is in Europe's vital interest, there are those who can't resist their anti-Israeli obsession".

From BBC

Israel's combative foreign minister, Gideon Saar, accused Spain of advancing antisemitic policies and suggested that Spain would suffer more than Israel from the arms trade ban.

From BBC