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Maghribi, n. and a.|mæˈgrɪbiː|
Also Maghrabee, Maghrabi, Maghrebi.
[Arab. maġribi, lit. ‘western’.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of the Maghrib, a region of north-western Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
b. The Arabic spoken in this region.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Maghribi or their language.
1840E. W. Lane tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainments II. xviii. 600 The people of Western Africa... Called by the Arabs ‘El-Maghrib’. This name is generally given to the districts of Northern Africa west of Egypt. The inhabitants of those parts are called ‘Maghrabees’. 1855R. F. Burton Pilgrimage to El-Medinah & Meccah I. viii. 228 We lay down upon the sand, to rest among a party of Maghrabi pilgrims travelling to Suez. 1898A. J. Butler tr. Ratzel's Hist. Mankind III. v. v. 196 The Islamite world witnessed a great struggle for supremacy between..the Maghrebin in the west, the Mashrikin in the east. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet ii. iv. 272 Kufic gave rise to a number of varieties,..in northern (known as Maghribi, or western) and central Africa. 1969Word XXV. 116 In many varieties of Maghribi Arabic when it co-occurs with a sibilant in the same word. |