Meaning Barbary
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Barbaryc. 1300, "foreign lands" (especially non-Christian lands), from Latin barbaria (see barbarian). Meaning "Saracens living in coastal North Africa" is attested from 1590s, via French [..]
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Barbary(n) a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries
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BarbarySt. Barbary, the patron saint of arsenals and powder magazines. Her father delivered her up to Martian, governor of Nicome’dia, for being a Christian. After she had been subjected to the most [..]
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