Tuareg

[twah-reg]

noun

1. a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.

2. the language of the Tuaregs, a Berber language of the Afroasiatic family.

Tuareg

/ ˈtwɑːrɛɡ /

noun

1. a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara

2. the dialect of Berber spoken by this people

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tuareg¹

From the dialectal Arabic word Ṭawārig

Example Sentences

Later he tried to build civil society in war-torn Iraq and Libya and was briefly kidnapped by Tuareg militiamen.

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Tuareg rebels, who sometimes fight alongside Islamist militants, destroyed half of the 40 armored vehicles in the convoy and killed dozens of fighters, according to European officials.

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He was at the helm of the Tuareg uprising against the Malian government in 2012 which sought to establish an independent state for the Tuareg people called Azawad.

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For many years, the Malian government has been struggling against both Tuareg rebels seeking a breakaway state in the north and jihadist groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.

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Ukrainian Special Forces reportedly supplied drones and training to Tuareg rebels that resulted in an ambush, killing 84 Russian mercenaries and 47 Malian soldiers.

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