Barbary

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɑːbərɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bär′bə rē)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Bar•ba•ry  (bär′bə rē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa region in N Africa, extending from W of Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean and including the former Barbary States.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Barbary / ˈbɑːbərɪ/
  1. a historic name for a region of N Africa extending from W Egypt to the Atlantic and including the former Barbary States of Tripolitania, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco
'Barbary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Algiers - Barbarossa I - Barbarossa II - Barbary Coast - Barbary Coast Wars - Barbary States - Barbary ape - Barbary fig - Barbary sheep - Berber - Ibero-Maurusian - Tripoli - Tripolitan War - Tripolitania - Tunis - aoudad - barb - corsair - magot - sheep

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