Avar(s) or AVAR may refer to:
Peoples and states
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Avars (Caucasus)
The Avars (), also known as Maharuls' (), are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group. The Avars are the largest of several ethnic groups living in the Russian republic of Dagestan. The Avars reside in the North Caucasus between the Black Sea and th ...
, a modern Northeast Caucasian-speaking people in the North Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia
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Avar language
Avar (, , "language of the mountains" or , , "Avar language"), also known as Avaric, is a Northeast Caucasian languages, Northeast Caucasian language of the Avar–Andic languages, Avar–Andic subgroup that is spoken by Avars (Caucasus), Av ...
, the modern Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Avars of the North Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia
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Avar Khanate
The Avar Khanate, the Avar Nutsaldom (; ), also known as Khundzia or Avaria, was a long-lived Avar state, which controlled mountainous parts of Dagestan (in the North Caucasus) from the early 13th century to the 19th century.
History of Avar ...
, a former country of the Caucasus Avars
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Pannonian Avars
The Pannonian Avars ( ) were an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins. The peoples were also known as the Obri in the chronicles of the Rus' people, Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai (), or Pseudo-Avars in Byzantine Empi ...
, a medieval nomadic people who lived in Central and Eastern Europe of probable East Asian Steppe origin
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Avar Khaganate
The Pannonian Avars ( ) were an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins. The peoples were also known as the Obri in the chronicles of the Rus' people, Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai (), or Pseudo-Avars in Byzantine Empi ...
, a former country of the Pannonian Avars
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Rouran Khaganate
The Rouran Khaganate ( Chinese: zh, c=, p=Róurán, label=no), also known as Ruanruan or Juan-juan ( zh, c=, p=Ruǎnruǎn, label=no) (or variously ''Jou-jan'', ''Ruruan'', ''Ju-juan'', ''Ruru'', ''Ruirui'', ''Rouru'', ''Rouruan'' or ''Tantan'') ...
, a state of nomadic Mongolian tribes from the late 4th century until the middle 6th century, possibly linked with the Pannonian Avars
Settlements in Iran
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Avar, Qazvin
Adar (, also Romanized as Ādār; also known as Adād and Āvār) is a village in Hesar-e Valiyeasr Rural District, Central District, Avaj County, Qazvin Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also kno ...
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Avar, Razavi Khorasan
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Avar, Tehran
In science and technology
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Avar (animation variable), a variable in computer-generated imagery
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Avar(), symbol for asymptotic variance, in statistics
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Allan variance
The Allan variance (AVAR), also known as two-sample variance, is a measure of frequency stability in clocks, oscillators and amplifiers. It is named after David W. Allan and expressed mathematically as \sigma_y^2(\tau).
The Allan deviation (ADEV ...
, a statistical measure of frequency stability
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Other uses
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Average value at risk, a coherent risk measure in finance
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Avari (Middle-earth), a group of Elves in the ''Lord of the Rings'' fictional universe
See also
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Eurasian Avars (disambiguation)
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Uar, a medieval Central Asian people also known as the Hephthalites, possibly linked with the Pannonian Avars
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