Etymology

Darfur

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Today it means: A region in western Sudan where the Fur live. Full definition →

Arabic دَار فُور
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromدَار فُور“land of the Fur”
  2. English todayDarfur

Borrowed from Arabic دَار فُور (dār fūr, “land of the Fur”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.