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berber
Found in thesaurus: moslem, muslim, ethnic minority, afroasiatic language, afrasian language, afroasiatic, afrasian, afro-asiatic, hamito-semitic
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Berber
n.
member of any of a number of peoples living in northern Africa; any of the languages spoken by the Berbers
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Berber
Berber may refer to:
- a member of the Berbers
- the Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages
- Berberism, a political-cultural term supporting a distinct Berber identity
- Berber calendar
- Berber cuisine
- Berber Jews
- Berber music
- Berber mythology
- Berber pantheon
- Berber Revolt in 740–43 AD
- Berber (name), the etymology of the word
- Bilad-al-Barbar, the ancient and medieval name of Somalia
- Berbera, a port city in Somalia
- Berbere, a spice mixture from Ethiopia
- Berber Spring was a period of political protest in Algeria
- Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile
- Berber Toad, a species of toad found in Algeria
- Berber carpet, a type of carpet
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Berber
Noun
1. a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of northern Africa
(hypernym) Muslim, Moslem, Mohammedan, Muhammedan, Muhammadan, Islamist
(hyponym) Almoravid
2. an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa
(synonym) Arab-Berber
(hypernym) ethnic minority
3. a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco
(hypernym) Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic
(hyponym) Tuareg
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Berber (der)
nm.
Berber, member of a group of North African tribes; languages of the Berbers
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Berber (m)
n.
Berber, member of any of a number of peoples living in northern Africa
