Forfar

American  

[fawr-fer, -fahr] / ˈfɔr fər, -fɑr /

noun

1. a town in the Tayside region, in eastern Scotland.

2. former name of Angus.

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Forfar British  

/ ˈfɔːfər, -fɑː /

noun

1. a market town in E Scotland, the administrative centre of Angus: site of a castle, residence of Scottish kings between the 11th and 14th centuries. Pop: 13 206 (2001)

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Example Sentences

After a goalless draw in their opener against Arbroath, who snatched the bonus point with a shootout victory, the Buddies beat Forfar 2-1 then skelped Annan 8-2, helped by a hat-trick from Mikael Mandron.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Elgin's lead was short-lived as Forfar hit back almost immediately.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Dawn Fernand, 33, from Forfar, lost her daughter Fern in November 2014 when she was seven weeks old.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2024

Since then - four losses to Celtic, further exits at the hands of Hibs and St Mirren, Aberdeen and Motherwell, St Johnstone and Forfar, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Falkirk.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2023

Rosemarkie, on the Moray Frith, and, more probably, Restennet, near Forfar, have been suggested.951.The letter has been supposed to have been written by Bede himself.952.Plato,

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert