From the earliest period known to history, Morocco has been inhabited by the Berbers (whence the name Barbary). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
“Jilbáb,” a long coarse veil or gown which in Barbary becomes a “Jallábiyah,” in a striped and hooded cloak of woollen stuff. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
They are found in Barbary, and usually known as the Barbary. From Wordnik.com. [Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys] Reference
He was calling Barbary and whistling for him-the horse that Clemence rode. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Novice]
Mauritania now called Barbary, as Godefridus and all the chronicles teach us. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
Thomas is also planning a semistaged evening of music from the Gold Rush era titled Barbary. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
The best of this part of Africa is Mauritania, now called Barbary, on the coast of the Mediterranean. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07] Reference
The entire northern coast along the Mediterranean is now called Barbary, and is inhabited by the Moors. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07] Reference
They sat facing one another across a table in the upper room of a drinking den known as the Barbary Shark. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Castaways of The Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques] Reference
The Macaque — aka the Barbary Ape — is native to the Atlas Mountains, right along the Tunisian border. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Press ignoring Sen. Allen’s mother’s native land.] Reference
The Moment he was dead, the King gave Orders that he should be discharg'd, but desir'd he never would be seen in Barbary. From Wordnik.com. [Idalia, or, The Unfortunate Mistress: A Novel] Reference
Does not this prove that, in Africa, which we now call Barbary, both minds and bodies advance to maturity more rapidly than among us?. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
In particular, one of the least known US wars, the Tripolitan War aka the Barbary Wars, that took place on and off from the mid 1790s until 1815. From Wordnik.com. [Empire or Humanity? « open thinking] Reference
Naval forces in what was later called the Barbary Wars, not the least of which was the capture of the USS Philadelphia and its 307-man crew by Tripoli. From Wordnik.com. [WSJ.com: What's News US] Reference
Well, officer, if you know your monkeys, you'll have a good idea of AndrÃ's description when I tell you he's a tailless macaque of the type commonly called a Barbary ape. From Wordnik.com. [Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas]
It's called a Barbary sheep is what it is. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2007] Reference
For unserviceable shot sent into Barbary 173: 13: 4. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1] Reference
SHEEP MEET: Two Barbary sheep were pictured at the zoo in Madrid Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. [Photos of the Day: Aug. 10] Reference
King of Barbary in exchange for the merchandise, and also in exchange for Mrs. Puss. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
The first half of the 17th century may be described as the flowering time of the Barbary pirates. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
He bore away for Barbary, and, landing at the Rio del Oro, refreshed and cheered them as he best might. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
After the conclusion of the war with Great Britain, Bainbridge served against the Barbary pirates once more. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
From that time forward the Mohammedan rulers of the Barbary coast were never long without ships of some sort. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
Barbary coast -- the kings of Tunis, Tilimsān, Fez, &c. -- and the trading nations of Christendom were amicable and just. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
I remarked to him, that every time I had passed that way, I found cause to fear our being windbound on the coasts of Barbary. From Wordnik.com. [Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.] Reference
The ship, with the cat on board, was a long time at sea; and was at last driven by the winds on a part of the coast of Barbary. From Wordnik.com. [Favorite Fairy Tales] Reference
They gave us a capital one last year, about a field-mouse who was captured at sea by a Barbary corsair, and made to row in a galley. From Wordnik.com. ['Wind In The Willows': A Christmas Take On A Classic] Reference
T he fortress of S ā o Jo ā o da Barra was built to deter Spanish raiders and Barbary pirates from attacking Portugal's southern coast. From Wordnik.com. [Portugal's Alluring Hideaways] Reference
These little vessels are practically the corsair type of Saracenic sailing-galley which used to infest the Barbary coast in days gone by. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
European ship-builders in Barbary, 226 -- The galley superseded by the galleon or ship, 229 -- Depredations of the Algerine sailing-ships. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference
Supplied with warships, President Jefferson waged war on the Barbary pirates (whence the line "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marines 'Hymn). From Wordnik.com. [Who's a Pirate? In Court, A Duel Over Definitions] Reference
From Tangier he made his way overland throughout the length of North Africa, visiting the sites of the ancient cities of Barbary and Cyrenaica. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
France had not recovered from her humiliation of 1814-15, and never would recover from it so long as she warred only at barricades or in Barbary. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
America's antipiracy efforts go back more than two centuries, to when President Thomas Jefferson set out to combat Barbary coast pirates in north Africa. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Marines Rescue Ship From Pirates] Reference
British public men were not ashamed to say that Barbary piracy was a useful check on the competition of the weaker Mediterranean nations in the carrying trade. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
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