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–adverb

1.	from, at, or to a distance; far away (usually fol. by off): He saw the castle afar off.

—Idiom

2.	from afar, from a long way off: The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.

[Origin: 1125–75; ME a fer, on ferr; r. OE feorran. See a-¹ (perh. also a-² for the meaning “from”), far

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A·far

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–noun, plural A·fars, A·fa·ra

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) A·far for 1.

1.	a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.

2.	the Northern Cushitic language spoken by the Afars.

Also called Danakil.

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adv.   From, at, or to a great distance: saw it afar off; traveled afar.

n.   A long distance: Tales from afar.

[Middle English afer, from on fer, far, and from of fer, from afar, from Old English feor, far; see far.]

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afar

M.E. of feor (c.1175), on ferr (c.1300), from O.E. feor "far," the a- representing both of and on compounds (which meant the same thing). Spelled afer in 14c.

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afar
adverb
(old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far; "we traveled afar"; "we could see the ship afar off"; "the Magi came from afar"

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afar [əˈfaː] adverb

from, at or to a distance
Example: The three wise men came from afar.

Arabic:	مِن بَعِيد، عَن بُعْد
Chinese (Simplified):	从远处，遥远地
Chinese (Traditional):	從遠處，遙遠地
Czech:	zdaleka, v dálce, daleko
Danish:	langt væk fra
Dutch:	ver
Estonian:	kaugelt, kaugel, kaugele
Finnish:	kaukaa, kaukana, kauas
French:	loin
German:	fern
Greek:	(από) μακριά
Hungarian:	messziről
Icelandic:	langt að (kominn)
Indonesian:	jauh
Italian:	lontano

Japanese:	遠くに
Korean:	멀리
Latvian:	no tālienes
Lithuanian:	(iš) toli
Norwegian:	langt borte
Polish:	daleko
Portuguese (Brazil):	longe
Portuguese (Portugal):	de longe
Romanian:	departe
Russian:	вдали; далеко; издалека
Slovak:	ďaleko, zďaleka
Slovenian:	daleč
Spanish:	lejos
Swedish:	fjärran
Turkish:	uzaktan

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Afar

A*far"\, adv. [Pref. a- (for on or of) + far.] At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.

The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar. --Beattie.

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AFAR
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