Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a traditionally Muslim, Berber-speaking people inhabiting the western and central Sahara and western Sahel of northwest Africa.
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- proper noun A traditionally nomadic
Berber people of theSahara - proper noun Any of various Berber languages spoken by the Tuareg people
- noun A member of the Tuareg people
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- noun a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara
- noun the dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The name Tuareg (singular, Targui) was given by the Arabs to the Berbers of the desert, and means "those forsaken of God".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The Tuareg are a nomadic people who have roamed the southern Sahara for centuries.
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The Tuareg are a nomadic people who have roamed the southern Sahara for centuries.
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The government calls the Tuareg rebels armed bandits and drug runners who want the freedom to operate smuggling operations in the north.
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The government calls the Tuareg rebels armed bandits and drug runners who want the freedom to operate smuggling operations in the north.
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The government calls the Tuareg armed bandits and drug runners who want the freedom to operate smuggling operations in the north.
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An ethnic Tuareg, Assaleh has been part of the so-called Tuareg Contact Group which has been lobbying for Tuareg interests in the new Libya.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The Tuareg are a traditionally nomadic people who live in countries touching the Sahara Desert including Mali, Algeria, Niger and Libya.
www.startribune.com 2012
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The Tuareg are a traditionally nomadic people who live in countries touching the Sahara Desert including Mali, Algeria, Niger and Libya.
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An ethnic Tuareg, Assaleh has been part of the so-called Tuareg Contact Group which has been lobbying for Tuareg interests in the new Libya.
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