Kabyle
Americannoun
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a member of a branch of the Berber people dwelling in NE Algeria.
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the Berber language spoken by the Kabyles.
noun
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a member of a Berber people inhabiting the E Atlas Mountains in Tunisia and Algeria
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the dialect of Berber spoken by this people
Etymology
Origin of Kabyle
1730–40; < Arabic qabā'il, plural of qabīlah tribe
Example Sentences
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Christophe Gleizes, who is 36, was sentenced on Sunday, after being found guilty of holding exchanges with a proponent of self-determination for Algeria's Kabyle minority.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025
A year earlier, at least 42 people were killed in blazes - including 25 soldiers called in to help fight the fires in the mountainous Kabyle region that is dotted with villages.
From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2023
Dozens of fires burned elsewhere across the north, but their deadly force was concentrated in Kabyle.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2021
In Sandcastle, the very first character to appear is an Algerian Kabyle jeweler whose name we never learn.
From Slate • Jul. 23, 2021
When a Kabyle boy with a rosebud stuck under his turban had brought it languidly, I said to Safti: "And now, Safti, tell me how you pass your little holiday."
From Smaïn; and Safti's Summer Day 1905 by Hichens, Robert Smythe
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