Almoravide
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Almoravide
(ælˈmɔːrəˌvaɪd) orAlmoravid
n
(Peoples) a member of a fanatical people of Berber origin and Islamic faith, who founded an empire in N Africa that spread over much of Spain in the 11th century ad
[from Arabic al-murābitūn the holy ones]
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