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Tafilelt

American  
[tah-fee-lelt, tah-fee-lelt] / tɑˈfi lɛlt, ˌtɑ fiˈlɛlt /
Also Tafilalet

noun

  1. an oasis in SE Morocco, about 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km).


Tafilelt British  
/ ˌtæfɪˈlɑːlɛt, tæˈfiːlɛlt /

noun

  1. an oasis in SE Morocco, the largest in the Sahara. Area: about 1300 sq km (500 sq miles)

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The state prisoners were sent to a place of safe keeping, which was east of Tafilelt, and was therefore called Sigin Messa, i.e. the prison of Messa.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

This species is, however, considered very unwholesome food, and accordingly is never eaten by the Filellies, or inhabitants of Tafilelt, but is food for the camels.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

The Arabs, however, of the eastern side of Mount Atlas, at Tafilelt, and Draa, pronounce their Moggrebyn tongue with much less harshness than their western neighbours.

From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis

Tafilelt, and had apartments allotted him in the Imperial Palace at that place, which is very magnificent and extensive.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

The province of Draha is larger than that of Tafilelt, its circumference being about four or five days' journey.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

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