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Afaria

Afaria proper noun: a proposed state seeking secession from Ethiopia.

Proper noun

Afaria

  1. A proposed state seeking secession from Ethiopia.
    • The transitional government in Ethiopia has been concerned that FRUD could link with the older Afar Liberation Front (ALF) in Ethiopia and Eritrea with its dream of a separate "Afaria".1993, Africa Insight - Volumes 23-24, page 15
    • The outbreak of ethnic violence in 1991 severely strained Djiboutian-French Relations. Paris, which had deployed troops in March to disarm Ethiopian soldiers fleeing into Djibouti, dismissed the government's claims that Ethiopian Afars were seeking to establish a “greater Afaria” and in October...2015, Tom Lansford, Political Handbook of the World 2015, →ISBN

Origin of Afaria

From Afar + -ia.

Questions about Afaria

What does Afaria mean?
Afaria means a proposed state seeking secession from Ethiopia.
What part of speech is Afaria?
Afaria is a proper noun.

Words near Afaria in the dictionary

  1. afara
  2. afaras
  3. afare
  4. afared
  5. afaren
  6. Afaria
  7. Afars
  8. Afars and Issas
  9. AFAs
  10. afasevikumab
  11. afatinib

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