lar
noun
any of the Lares.
lar
American
[lahr]
/ lɑr /
LAR
1
British
abbreviation
lar
2
British
/ lɑː /
noun
lar
3
British
/ lɑː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of lar
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1580–90
Example Sentences
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And both the lar and western hook Gibbon cross forest gaps.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 15, 2020
But so popu- lar have the Klingons become over the decades that theirs is the most widely spoken fictional language in the world, according to Guinness World Records.
From Time • Jul. 21, 2016
Now there are simi lar missions in ten cities, linked by a national committee that last month held its first organizational meeting in Bos ton, coaxed Father White into accepting its executive directorship.
From Time Magazine Archive
Would they all authorize him, he asked, to send a circu- lar memorandum and questionnaire to their governments, inviting collaboration and suggestions as to the form which a "United States of Europe" might finally take?
From Time Magazine Archive
The word quart is supposed to be pronounced like quart, but with a ^ at the end instead of a t, but is usually pronounced to rhyme with lar\.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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