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BERBER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Berber" is a kind of...):
Afrasian; Afrasian language; Afro-Asiatic; Afroasiatic; Afroasiatic language; Hamito-Semitic (a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Berber"):
Tuareg (the dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A member of an indigenous people of northern Africa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Berber" is a kind of...):
African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Berber"):
Almoravid (a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain)
Riff; Riffian (a Berber living in northern Morocco)
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