Barbary

[ bahr-buh-ree ]

noun

1. a region in N Africa, extending from W of Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean and including the former Barbary States.

Barbary

/ ˈbɑːbərɪ /

noun

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

Example Sentences

“At times whole squadrons of corsairs were cruising off the coast of the United Kingdom,” says Bernard Capp, emeritus professor of history at The University of Warwick and author of British Slaves and Barbary Corsairs.

From National Geographic

Ouadrhiri’s family has worked here with Barbary macaques since the 1970s.

From National Geographic

Their paper, published in eLife, says crested macaques use a higher diversity of facial behaviour more often, compared to Barbary and rhesus macaques.

From Science Daily

And in almost every case, it is Barbary who informed them of the news, delivering the happy decision in middle-of-the-night phone calls, celebratory clubhouse announcements and emotional office meetings.

From Los Angeles Times

His administration had negotiated the release of U.S. sailors who had been taken hostage during the First Barbary War.

From Washington Post