Avar(s) or AVAR may refer to:

Peoples and states

Avars (Caucasus) The Avars, also known as ''Maharuls'' ( Avar: , , "mountaineers") 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 b ...

, a modern Northeast Caucasian-speaking people in the North Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia **

Avar language Avar (, , "language of the mountains" or , , "Avar language"), also known as Avaric, is a Northeast Caucasian language of the Avar–Andic subgroup that is spoken by Avars, primarily in Dagestan. In 2010, there were approximately 1 million ...

, the modern Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Avars of the North Caucasus, Dagestan, Russia **

Avar Khanate The Avar Khanate, the Avar Nutsaldom ( av, Avar Nutsallhi; russian: Аварское ханство), also known as Khundzia or Avaria, was a long-lived Avar state, which controlled mountainous parts of Dagestan (in the North Caucasus) from the ...

, a former country of the Caucasus Avar *

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 chronicles of Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai ( el, Βαρχονίτες, Varchonítes), or Pseudo-Avars ...

, a medieval nomadic people who lived in Central and Eastern Europe of probable Mongolian origin *

Uar The United Arab Republic (UAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, al-Jumhūrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1971. It was initially a political union between Eg ...

, a medieval Central Asian people also known as the Hephthalites, possibly linked with the Pannonian Avars *

Rouran Khaganate The Rouran Khaganate, also Juan-Juan Khaganate (), was a tribal confederation and later state founded by a people of Proto-Mongolic Donghu origin.*Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (2000)"Ji 姬 and Jiang 姜: The Role of Exogamic Clans in the Organizatio ...

, 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

Avar, Qazvin Adar ( fa, ادار, 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, ...

Avar, Razavi Khorasan Ivar ( fa, ايور, also Romanized as Īvar; also known as Avar and Ewar) is a village in Barkuh Rural District, Kuhsorkh County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Per ...

Avar, Tehran Nam Avar ( fa, ناماور, also Romanized as Nām Āvar and Nimewar; also known as Āvar) is a village in Shahrabad Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzkuh County, Tehran Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Re ...

In science and technology

Avar (animation variable) An avar or animation variable (or hinge) is a variable controlling the position of part of an animated object, such as a character. The character "Woody" in the Disney•Pixar film ''Toy Story'' (1995) uses 712 avars (212 on his face alone). Succ ...

, a variable in computer-generated imagery *

Avar() In statistics, the delta method is a result concerning the approximate probability distribution for a function of an asymptotically normal statistical estimator from knowledge of the limiting variance In probability theory and statistics, v ...

, symbol for asymptotic variance, in statistics *

Allan variance The Allan variance (AVAR), also known as two-sample variance, is a measure of frequency stability in clock A clock or a timepiece is a device used to measure and indicate time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meetin ...

, a statistical measure of frequency stability * Trade name for dermatological drugs that contains a sulfonamide antibiotic * Football abbreviation of assistant video assistant referee

Other uses

* Average value at risk, a coherent risk measure in finance * Avari (Middle-earth), a group of Elves in the ''Lord of the Rings'' fictional universe {{disambiguation, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages