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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:

Nouns denoting people

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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