[LMB] "-yar"?

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>From: "Joel Polowin" <jpolowin at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster 
>Bujold."<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
>To: lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk
>Subject: [LMB] "-yar"?
>Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:12:23 +0000
>
>I've been wondering: what does the suffix "yar" mean?  "World"?
>"Home"?  Barrayar appears to be named after (Vor)Barra, and
>Sergyar after Serg..?
>

"Land", I think. Barrasland, Sergesland, etc.