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Berber

ber·ber

UK/ˈbɜːbə/ US/ˈbɝ.bɚ/ rare

noun

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an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa

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3.

a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco

Origin

From Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “non-Greek, foreign, barbarian”), apparently imitative of foreign speech. Cognate of English barbarian.

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