Maghrebi
Americannoun
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a native or inhabitant of the Maghreb.
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any of the dialects of Arabic spoken in the Maghreb.
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Many parts of the Mediterranean coastline of North Africa were also renowned for their fertility, particularly the Maghrebi region immediately surrounding Carthage and the Egyptian Nile delta, whose bountiful lands constituted the “breadbasket” of Rome.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Maghrebi Arabic - which includes lots of Amazigh, French and Spanish words - dominates casual conversation, while classical Arabic is reserved for newspapers and judicial affairs.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022
For some, like the post-rock musician Anas Maghrebi, who brought his three drum kits on the boat across the Atlantic, their vocation is a spiritual life jacket of sorts.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022
He rose to prominence as the lead singer of Arabic-language group Carte de Séjour, which blended Western punk rock with Algerian Maghrebi music.
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2018
One, the Haji Mukhtar, was a Maghrebi from Fez: an expatriation of forty years had changed his hissing Arabic as little as his "rocky face."
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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