Harari

noun

Ha·​ra·​ri

həˈrärē

plural Harari or Hararis

1

a

: a people of eastern Ethiopia now mixed with the Somali but originally Himyaritic Semites

b

: a member of such people

2

: a Semitic language of the Harari people

Word History

Etymology

from Harar, region of Ethiopia

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