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Tuareg
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Tua·reg  (twärg)
n. pl. Tuareg or Tua·regs
A member of a Muslim, Berber-speaking people inhabiting the western and central Sahara and western Sahel of northwest Africa.
[Arabic awriq.]
Tuareg [ˈtwɑːrɛg]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) (plural) -reg, -regs a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the dialect of Berber spoken by this people
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Noun1.Tuareg - a member of a nomadic Berber people of the SaharaTuareg - a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara
Sahara, Sahara Desert - the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa
African - a native or inhabitant of Africa
2.Tuareg - the dialect of Berber spoken by the TuaregTuareg - the dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg
Berber - a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco
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The Taureg: Blue Man of the Sahara" is a piece of Historical fiction following a Virginian woman and a French aristocrat as they find themselves in the desert meeting with the Taureg of the Desert, who are commonly referred to as the 'blue men'.
The Tuareg: Blue Man of the Sahara by Small Press Bookwatch
They are Taureg nomads of the Sahara desert whose first instruments were recycled junk, and who play deep, dark African blues.
Sounds from the sands; SINGLES by The Mirror (London, England)
A diplomatic source in Bamako said last summer that Fowler was "surveying the ground for the UN about the Taureg rebellion in Niger," and had met representatives of Taureg rebels in Europe.
UN official missing in Niger: government by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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