North African

British  

adjective

1. of or relating to North Africa or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of North Africa

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North African

My middle-school civics textbook barely dedicated a paragraph to this 1801 war between the U.S and a group of North African states, which has been described as “America’s first war on terrorism.”

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Mr. Hargreaves’s account of the North African fighting does much to dispel the myths that surround Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the German tank commander and so-called Desert Fox.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

Some of the most striking photographs from the exhibition are black-and-white images of Saar in North African garb by Carol A. Beers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

Among Ms. Ahmed’s recipes you’ll find simple porridges and breads, as well as more richly seasoned side and main dishes, many spiced with xaawash—that hint of North African, Middle Eastern and Indian influence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

That is, Indian peoples domesticated the local Indian subspecies of wild aurochs, Southwest Asians independently domesticated their own Southwest Asian subspecies of aurochs, and North Africans may have independently domesticated the North African aurochs.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond