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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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Beshir’s choice to shoot in black and white arose from her desire to map “the interiority of the people,” an ironic notion, she said, because Harar explodes with color.

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

He also said he has spoken with a detainee at a center near Harar who estimated that more than 2,000 military personnel were held there.

From Seattle Times Apr. 28, 2021

Beyond the gegar’s wooden door, Old Harar was a treasure-house of curious museums and muftis’ shrines.

From New York Times Apr. 8, 2019

We have received from certain sources information to the effect that the Emir of Harar, on the southern harbor of Abyssinia, contemplates at no distant date an attack on Zaila.

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

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