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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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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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