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| Domain | Definition |
Botanical | Tobacco was cultivated in the West Indies before the advent of the Spaniard. Nicotine, the narcotic "gift" of the Indian to the European invader, may have taken a greater toll on the invader's ruthless toll on the Amerindians. By 1600, the smoking habit was well fixed throughout Europe. Tobacco is cultivated for home consumption among the Cuna who call it Uarguit. It is rarely cultivated bythe Choco. Elsewhere green tobacco leaves are thrown into stews. Guaymi INdians wear tobacco-leaf leggins to ward off snakebite, and elsewhere the leaves are applied to ulcers. In Bolivia, decomposing meat is stuffed with tobacco to catch condors which get drunk from eating the meat. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Simokattes's term Uar (also sometimes written 'War' or 'Var') is quite reminicient of the Hephthalite's self designation Hua according to the Chinese classic 梁 職貢圖 and are identified as the "true" Avars of the east and the true political force behind what he calls the "pseudo" Avars who eventually settled down in Transylvania.
According to Theophylaktos Simokattes though the White Huns were initially composed of two nations: the Uar and the Hion tribes, they were also joined near the end of the 6th century by the Zabender, Tarnach and Kotzagerek Huns. During the 7th century the Bulgars who were also part of their empire revolted. These six groups were joined around 670 by Kuber's Onogurs from whom the name Hungary derives. The Onogurs themselves were composed of three(?) elements. See also Kabars.
The subjugation of the Uighurs by the Var is a claim which raises its head from time to time. The story goes that one branch of the Juan Juan was called 'Uar' (if true we need a solid original source reference & Chinese character), and they were placed at the head of the Uighurs after subjugating them (need original source references). Are the "Uar/Var" people in question the same as 滑?
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Uar."
Crosswords: UAR |
| Non-English Usage: "UAR" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Scottish (waterfall). |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
UAR | French | Union asiatique de radiodiffusion | Building & Civil Engineering, Post & Telecom |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Premier Chou En-lai talks with heads of state of Indonesia, Pakistan and UAR / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Tu Hsiu-hsien.. |  | UAR President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Yugoslavia / Eastfoto, N.Y.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Language | Translations for "UAR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | объединенная арабская республика. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "UAR": feuar, guar, jaguar. (additional references) | |
Words containing "UAR": actuarial, actuarially, actuaries, actuary, antiquarian, antiquarianism, antiquarianisms, antiquarians, antiquaries, antiquark, antiquarks, antiquary, aquarelle, aquarelles, aquarellist, aquarellists, aquaria, aquarial, aquarian, aquarians, aquarist, aquarists, aquarium, aquariums, blackguard, blackguarded, blackguarding, blackguardism, blackguardisms, blackguardly, blackguards, bodyguard, bodyguards, casuarina, casuarinas, coastguard, coastguardman, coastguardmen, coastguards, coastguardsman, coastguardsmen, electuaries, electuary, estuarial, estuaries, estuarine, estuary, feuars, fireguard, fireguards, forequarter. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-r-u" | |
-1 letter: ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-r-u" | |
+1 letter: arum, aura, bura, dura, gaur, guar, jura, mura, prau, ruga, sura, urea, ursa, waur. | |
+2 letters: amour, arcus, argue, argus, arums, auger, augur, aurae, aural, aurar, auras, aurei, aures, auric, auris, aurum, azure, buran, buras, bursa, crura, curia, doura, dural, duras, durra, feuar, fraud, furan, gaurs, guard, guars, gular, jural, jurat, kauri, kaury, knaur, kraut, kurta, larum, laura, lunar, mudra, mural, muras, murra, pareu, prahu, praus, pruta, purda, quare, quark, quart, ramus, ruana, rugae, rugal, rumba, rural, saury, scaur, sugar, supra, surah, sural, suras, surra, sutra, ulnar, ultra, umbra, unarm, unary, unbar, uraei, urare, urari, urase, urate, urban, urbia, ureal, ureas, urial, ursae, varus, yurta. | |
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