Tuareg
Americannoun
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a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.
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the language of the Tuaregs, a Berber language of the Afroasiatic family.
noun
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a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara
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the dialect of Berber spoken by this people
Etymology
Origin of Tuareg
From the dialectal Arabic word Ṭawārig
Example Sentences
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The nomadic Fulani and Tuareg communities have been particularly targeted, often accused of links to jihadists or separatists.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
The Tuareg rebels later predicted they would conquer the country's north and the junta would "fall".
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
The Tuareg group has received drone training from Ukrainian volunteers online as well as from private Russian individuals and other nationalities, according to Attaye Ag Mohamed, another of its spokesmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Mali's separatists and Islamists groups have had an on-off relationship for years - going back to 2012 when the ethnic Tuareg separatist rebellion was hijacked by Islamist militants.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
"Well, there's that cute little Tuareg girl up north."
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
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