Hadar

¹

[had-ahr, hey-dahr]

noun

1. a first magnitude star in the constellation Centaurus.

Hadar

²

[hey-dahr, hah-, hah-dahr]

noun

1. a fossil site in the Afar triangle of eastern Ethiopia where Australopithecus afarensis was found.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hadar¹

From the Arabic word Ḥadārī

Origin of Hadar²

From Arabic

Example Sentences

Hundreds of Israelis gathered Tuesday in the central town of Kfar Saba to lay to rest army officer Hadar Goldin, whose remains were returned by Hamas after being held in Gaza for more than a decade.

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His father, Simcha Goldin, hailed his son as a "Jewish warrior", while urging tearful mourners to "behave righteously and do not hate one another. That is Hadar's legacy."

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Hadar Goldin, 23, was killed on August 1, 2014 during a previous Israeli offensive in Gaza known as "Operation Protective Edge".

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"Today is a hard day, but I am happy because Hadar's coming was a dream," Israel Blumshtein, a 76-year-old resident of Kfar Saba, told AFP, adding that he had kept a picture of Goldin in his car for six years.

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Hadar Goldin, 23 years old, was killed in action in Rafah in southern Gaza during the 2014 Gaza war, and his body taken by Hamas.

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