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North African

British  

adjective

  1. of or relating to North Africa or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of North Africa

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Indeed, there’s shakshuka: a popular North African and Middle Eastern dish that’s essentially eggs poached in a simmering tomato sauce spiced with cumin, paprika and cayenne pepper.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The trip will mark the first time a head of the Catholic Church has visited the North African Muslim-majority country.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

But before that she was a cultural anthropology major and Fulbright scholar who studied cultural identity among second-generation North African women in France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The door was opened by a pleasant-featured woman of forty or so who looked North African.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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