Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of northwest Africa comprising the coastlands and the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
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- proper noun Northwest
Africa , the region of Africa north of theSahara and west of theNile . The lands of the Maghreb are generally considered to be the coastal plains ofMorocco ,Algeria ,Tunisia , and westernLibya .
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- noun the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia
Etymologies
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Examples
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The biggest mosque in Maghreb is only a stone's throw away from the nightlife district, which I find interesting.
Global Voices in English » Translator of the week: Carolina Chandra Rumuat 2009
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BRUCE RIEDEL, FORMER CIA OFFICER: The al Qaeda central leadership, Osama bin Laden and his key lieutenants, see North Africa, what they call the Maghreb, as a great opportunity for their future expansion.
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While al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is dangerous in its region and may want to export its terror operations to Europe, there are no indications that it is able to do that at this time, said the official.
Osama Bin Laden Involved In Europe Terror Plot, Officials Say AP 2010
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Pham says al-Qaida of the Islamic Maghreb is turning to these Saharawis fighters to carry out attacks, as was seen in last year's kidnapping of three Spanish aid workers who have since been released.
Morocco says Dismantled International Drug Trafficking Ring Linked to Terrorists 2010
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While al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is dangerous in its region and may want to export its terror operations to Europe, there are no indications that it is able to do that at this time, said the official.
Osama Bin Laden Involved In Europe Terror Plot, Officials Say AP 2010
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The overall leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is Abdemalek Droukdal, a 40-year-old Algerian also known as Abu Moussab Abd al-Wadoud.
'Emir of the south' Abu Zeid poised to take over al-Qaeda in NW Africa Edward Cody 2010
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While al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is dangerous in its region and may want to export its terror operations to Europe, there are no indications that it is able to do that at this time, said the official.
Osama Bin Laden Involved In Europe Terror Plot, Officials Say AP 2010
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The overall leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is Abdemalek Droukdal, a 40-year-old Algerian also known as Abu Moussab Abd al-Wadoud.
'Emir of the south' Abu Zeid poised to take over al-Qaeda in NW Africa Edward Cody 2010
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While al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is dangerous in its region and may want to export its terror operations to Europe, there are no indications that it is able to do that at this time, said the official.
Osama Bin Laden Involved In Europe Terror Plot, Officials Say AP 2010
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Morocco is one of the last of the so-called Maghreb countries of Northern Africa where protesters have taken to the streets in the wake of the fall of Tunisia's president this year, and many analysts had predicted it would prove an exception.
Morocco Joins In, Defying Predictions Marc Champion 2011
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