afars and issas

Questions about afars and issas

What does afars and issas mean?

afars and issas means "a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997".

What is another word for afars and issas?

Close synonyms include Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is afars and issas a common word?

afars and issas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.