Barbary Definition

bärbə-rē, -brē
proper name

Barbary Coast (region of N Africa)

Webster's New World
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adjective

Barbarian; non-Christian.

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A region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and the Atlantic Ocean. Settled by Berbers in the 2nd millennium bc , it was conquered by Arabs in the 7th century ad . From the 16th to the 19th century it was used as a base by pirates who raided ships in the Mediterranean Sea and exacted tribute from the European powers trading in the area.
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Origin of Barbary

  • From Middle English barbarye (“barbarian, non-Christian")

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Barbary Sentence Examples

  • His first services were rendered against the Barbary pirates.

  • Voyaging from Toulouse to Narbonne, he was captured by Barbary pirates, who took him to Tunis and sold him as a slave.

  • The Ethiopian Subregion comprises the whole of Africa and Madagascar, except the Barbary States, but including Arabia; in the north-east the subregion melts into the Palaearctic between Palestine and the Persian Gulf.

  • He thought of going on the crusade to Barbary; but instead, in July 1390, went to serve with the Teutonic knights in Lithuania.

  • The cultivation of the palm is indeed the principal occupation; and though the dates are inferior to those of the Barbary States, upwards of 2 2, 500 tons are annually exported.

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Words Starting With

BBABAR

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YRYARY

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Words Starting With B and Ending With Y

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