North African
Britishadjective
noun
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The strategic board wargame was released in 1978 and simulates the entire North African campaign of World War Two.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Newsom last year signed a similar bill that created a category for Middle East and North African individuals separate from the “white” designation that had previously encompassed those ethnicities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Ceuta, together with Spain's other North African enclave of Melilla, has the European Union's only land borders with Africa.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Shops remained closed, bread was in short supply and Ceuta's annual fiestas have been cancelled as Spain's North African enclave struggled to cope after thousands of migrants poured in from neighbouring Morocco.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Along with the North African origins of Semites and the origins of Madagascar’s Asians, that’s another conclusion that we couldn’t have reached without linguistic evidence.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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