Barbary noun.
['bɑ:bǝri] In sense 2 also
barbary.
ME.[Sense 1 ult. from Arab. barbar (cf. BERBER); sense 2 from Old French barbarie or Latin barbaria, -ies land of barbarians, formed as BARBAROUS: see -Y3.]1. (An old name for) the western part of N. Africa.
ME.2. Foreign nationality; paganism; barbarity; barbarism; foreign or non-Christian lands.
LME-M17.
Comb.:
Barbary ape a macaque,
Macaca sylvana, of N. Africa and Gibraltar;
Barbary falcon a falcon,
Falco pelegrinoides, of N. Africa and the Middle East;
Barbary partridge a N. African partridge,
Alectoris barbara;
Barbary sheep =
AOUDAD.
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