barbary

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Noun

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Bar=ba=ry

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun barbary has 1 sense

barbary(n = noun.location) - a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries;

has parts:

barbary coast

is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

is a part of africa

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CIDE DICTIONARY

barbary, n. [Fr. Ar. Barbar the people of Barbary.].

The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. [1913 Webster]

Barbary ape (Zoöl.), an ape (Macacus innuus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.