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Almoravid

Pronunciation: /alˈmɔːrəvɪd/
(also Almoravide /-vʌɪd/)
Definition of Almoravid

noun (plural Almoravids)

  • a member of a federation of Muslim Berber peoples that established an empire in Morocco, Algeria, and Spain in the 11th century, but were in turn driven out by the Almohads.

Origin:

Spanish, from Arabic al-murābit, literally 'one who is bound'

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