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North African

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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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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

There are also small minorities of North African Jews and Hindus from what is now Pakistan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Madrid had rushed security personnel and equipment to the North African outpost that it has run for centuries.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

I called my parents and asked them if they would help fund a summer study abroad trip in Morocco where I could further my North African studies and practice my Arabic.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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