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Sahrawi|səˈrɑːwɪ|
Also Saharaui.
[a. Arab. ṣaḥrāwī (whence Sp. saharaui) of the desert, f. ṣaḥrā' desert, Sahara.]
An inhabitant of Western (formerly Spanish) Sahara, a Saharan; also collect., the people itself. Also attrib.
1976Times 27 Feb. 14/1 Self-determination for the Sahrawi people is a prerequisite for any settlement. Ibid., Polisario should be recognised as the legitimate representative of the Sahrawis. 1976Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 466/2 In either case the Saharauis will hardly be the beneficiaries. Ibid., The inner working and tensions of Saharaui society. 1977Guardian Weekly 6 Nov. 12/4 Two French technicians..taken away along with 24 Mauritanian workers by a Sahrawi guerrilla unit... The Sahrawi are not agents of subversion, but people who want back the homeland [sc. Western Sahara] they were forced to quit. 1980J. Mercer Canary Islanders 264 In 1975 Spain handed over the Spanish Sahara and the Saharaui people to Morocco and Mauretania, in exchange for economic and other benefits. This led to the current war between the occupying neo-colonial powers and the Saharauis (Polisario). |