- a variation of Djerba.
Jerba
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Dragut’s lair was at the island of Jerba, which tradition links with the lotus-eaters, perhaps because of the luxuriant fertility of the soil.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Lane-Poole, Stanley
The port of Tunis now hardly sufficed his wants, so he established himself temporarily on the fertile island of Jerba, and from its ample anchorage his ships issued forth to harry the coasts of Italy.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Lane-Poole, Stanley
Jerba had originally been conquered and occupied by the Spaniards in 1431, but the occupation had been allowed to lapse, and the island was lying derelict when the Barbarossas made it their headquarters.
From Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean by Currey, E. Hamilton
Despairing of weathering the north side of Jerba the panic-stricken Christians ran their ships ashore, and deserted them, never stopping even to set them on fire.
From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Lane-Poole, Stanley
From Tripoli and Jerba, from Bougie and Bona, from the shores of Shott-el-Jerid, through all the dim hinterland that stretches from thence north-westwards to Algiers, the tribesmen came flocking in.
From Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean by Currey, E. Hamilton
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