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Kabyle

(kə bīl′, -bēl′)

noun

a member of any of a group of Berber peoples in Algeria and Tunisia
the variety of Berber spoken by these peoples

Origin: Fr < Ar qabā'il, pl. of qabīla, tribe

See Kabyle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Kabyle or Ka·byles

A member of a Berber people of northeast Algeria.
The Berber language of this people.

Origin:

Origin: Arabic qabā’ilu

Origin: , pl. of qabīla, tribe

Origin: , from qabila, to receive; see qbl in Semitic roots

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