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Berber - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Berber : (noun)
1: a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of northern Africa
[syn: Berber]
2: an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and
living in northern Africa [syn: Berber, Arab-Berber]
3: a cluster of related dialects that were once the major
language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken
mostly in Morocco [syn: Berber]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Berber : \Ber"ber\, n. [See Barbary.]
A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often
classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the
whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into
the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region;
-- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this
people.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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