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paar^¹

noun paars

A hypothesized shifting of four geologic blocks: northeast Africa west of Red Sea and north of the Ethiopian valley, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sinai Peninsula, and the Horn of Africa east of the rift valleys, which is used to explain the structural features of the area. By the end of early Eocene time a paar developed between Africa and Arabia which caused tensional forces in the southern Red Sea area (Swartz and Arden, 1960).

Paar^²

Where it comes from

* As a German surname, from Middle Low German pār (“house of a priest”), from Latin parochia (“parish”).

* Also as a German surname, from the noun Paar (“pair, married couple”). This is also found in several Slavic countries, compare Par.

* As a Hungarian surname Paár, variant of Pár, see Par.

proper noun

A surname.

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@misc{paar_2026,
  title = {paar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}