BARBARY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Barbary"):

Barbary Coast (the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates)

Holonyms ("Barbary" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

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