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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Seattle Times Feb. 13, 2020

Somaliland   French Jibuti Harar, d, t    Abyssinian, m n These coffees are not grown in French Somaliland, but come from Abyssinia to Jibuti and Aden for export to Europe and America.

From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

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