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单词 Ouled Nail
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Definition of Ouled Nail in English:

Ouled Nail

(also Ouled-Nail, Ouled Naïl, Ouled-Naïl)
noun ˈuːlɪd ˈnʌɪlˈuːlɛd ˈnʌɪl
  • 1A member of a nomadic Algerian Arab people now mainly inhabiting a mountainous area of northern Algeria on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Chiefly in unchanged plural.

  • 2An Algerian Arab woman who works as a dancing girl in the cities of North Africa. Also (occasionally): the dance performed by such a dancing girl.

adjective ˈuːlɪd ˈnʌɪlˈuːlɛd ˈnʌɪl
  • Of, relating to, or designating a North African dancing girl or the Algerian Arab people from which most such girls originated.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Times. From French Ouled Naïl from Maghribi Arabic Ulēd Nā'il, lit. ‘children of Nā'il’, the name of an Algerian Arab people from which many dancing girls originated.

 
 

Definition of Ouled Nail in US English:

Ouled Nail

(also Ouled-Nail, Ouled Naïl, Ouled-Naïl)
noun
  • 1A member of a nomadic Algerian Arab people now mainly inhabiting a mountainous area of northern Algeria on the edge of the Sahara Desert. Chiefly in unchanged plural.

  • 2An Algerian Arab woman who works as a dancing girl in the cities of North Africa. Also (occasionally): the dance performed by such a dancing girl.

adjective
  • Of, relating to, or designating a North African dancing girl or the Algerian Arab people from which most such girls originated.

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Times. From French Ouled Naïl from Maghribi Arabic Ulēd Nā'il, lit. ‘children of Nā'il’, the name of an Algerian Arab people from which many dancing girls originated.

 
 
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