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Harar

American  
[hahr-er] / ˈhɑr ər /
Or Harrar

noun

  1. a city in E Ethiopia.


Harar British  
/ ˈhɑːrə /

noun

  1. a city in E Ethiopia: former capital of the Muslim state of Adal. Pop: 96 000 (2005 est)

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A flight-tracking investigator has identified about 15 cargo flights from Iran to Harar Meda and Bole airports in August 2021.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2022

Beshir was born in Mexico but grew up in Harar, a walled holy city in eastern Ethiopia whose oldest mosques date back more than a millennium.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2021

Voting in the Harar and Somali regions was delayed until September over security concerns and problems with ballot papers.

From Reuters • Jul. 10, 2021

They had had an arduous journey already from their home in Harar, Ethiopia, through Djibouti.

From Washington Times • Feb. 14, 2020

“I don’t know,” replied Melton, “unless they intend to separate, the Arabs going on to Harar, the Somalis to their own country, which lies to the south of Harar.”

From The River of Darkness, or, Under Africa by Graydon, William Murray