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Berber

1820 (n.); 1832 (adj.), from the Arabic name for the peoples living in the mountains and deserts of North Africa west of Egypt; perhaps ultimately from Greek barbaros "barbarians" (see Barbary). By 1854 as the name of their Hamitic language.

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Definitions of Berber from WordNet

Berber (n.)
a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa;
Berber (n.)
a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco;
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