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Barbary

name
/ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹi/

Etymology

From Berber + -y, influenced by barbary (“barbarian, non-Christian”). See also Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”).

  1. inherited from barbarye

Definitions

  1. The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in…

    The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in the 16th to 19th centuries.

    • [King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary, How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities?
    • Have all his ventures fail'd? What! not one hit? From Tripolis, from Mexico, and England; From Lisbon, Barbary, and India?

  2. barbarian

    barbarian; non-Christian

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