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Varus.

Var (a river in Gallia Narbonensis), which flowed into the Mediterranean Sea near Nicaea

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Meaning & usage

name[ˈwaː.rʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈvaː.rus]
  1. Var (a river in Gallia Narbonensis), which flowed into the Mediterranean Sea near Nicaea

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see also the river Avara.

name[ˈwaː.rʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈvaː.rus]
  1. Varus, a cognomen used by the gentes Quinctilia, Alfena, Luria, and others

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    Publius Quinctilius Varus
Where this word comes from

From vārus (“bent inwards; knock-kneed”).

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